Performance Enhancing Drugs
Performance Enhancing Drugs | Performance-Enhancing Drugs: An Overview
Craig Freudenrich is a biomedical researcher and a senior editor of science, medicine, and the human body for the website HowStuffWorks.com.
Source: Many athletes have turned to performance-enhancing drugs to gain a competitive advantage. Performance-enhancing drugs include anabolic steroids for building mass and strength, and protein hormones that increase the amount of oxygen in body tissues, which boosts athletic endurance. Most of these drugs have unpleasant and/or dangerous side effects and have been banned by the International Olympic Committee and...
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- Performance-Enhancing Drugs: An Overview
- Athletes Will Never Stop Using Performance- Enhancing Drugs
- Athletes Must Stop Using Performance- Enhancing Drugs
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs Tarnish Athletics
- The Ban on Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Continue
- Teen Steroid Abuse Is a Growing Problem
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs Compromise Medical Ethics
- Performance-Enhancing Drugs Should Be Regulated, Not Prohibited
- Ban Athletes Who Don’t Use Steroids
- Coming Soon: Open Olympics!
- The Health Risks of Steroid Use Have Been Exaggerated
- One Strike, You’re Out
- Performance-Enhancing Drug Testing Is Ineffective
- Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements Are Dangerous
- Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements Are Safe
- Genetic Engineering May One Day Replace Performance- Enhancing Drugs
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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