http://univesitynetwork.edu.kg Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:43:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the world of sports where athletes want to get as much of an edge on the competition as possible, the use of steroids is a relatively quick fix. However, steroid use may soon turn into steroid abuse resulting in side effects like liver disease, severe acne, and infertility. From App.com: While professional ... http://univesitynetwork.edu.kg/steroid-testing-is-successful-say-coaches/ Milwaukee leftfielder Ryan Braun while maintaining his innocence disputed allegations that he took performance-enhancing substances when accepting his National League MVP. "I always believed that a person's character is revealed in those moments of adversity," he said. "I have so much respect for the game of baseball. Everything I've ... http://univesitynetwork.edu.kg/milwaukee-leftfielder-rejects-all-steroid-allegations/ Seven months of house arrest and fine of $5,000 has been imposed on Perry Gustav Moore, 45, of Glace Bay, N.S., for his role in a Fredericton-based anabolic steroid trafficking conspiracy. Moore was one of twenty people who were charged in connection with two-year, joint-forces ... http://univesitynetwork.edu.kg/sentence-for-jellybean-defendant/ In some circles, athletic director of the University of Waterloo administered a lethal injection to the football team of his school. Contemporaries and a Texas-based anti-doping crusader applauded Bob Copeland after he put student-athlete safety ahead of wins and losses. From Therecord.com: It was Copeland’s “courageous” act, to order mandatory team testing, ... http://univesitynetwork.edu.kg/copeland-of-university-of-waterloo-honored/ Shot-putter Carl Fletcher has received a suspension of four years after being convicted of trafficking anabolic steroids by UK Anti-Doping. Fletcher was sentenced to nine months in prison at Liverpool crown court for drug offences including the supply of a number of anabolic steroids, including testosterone, human growth hormone, and Trenbolone, ... http://univesitynetwork.edu.kg/ban-for-carl-fletcher/ The chief executive of UK Anti-Doping, Andy Parkinson, has given his backing to the probable attempt by the British Olympic Association (BOA) for settling its increasingly bitter dispute with the world anti-doping authority at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne. Parkinson stressed the need for a speedy settlement ... http://univesitynetwork.edu.kg/drug-bans-row-could-harm-2012-olympics/ The last-minute withdrawal of some of the best Jamaican horses from the December 3 Caribbean National Racing Challenge raceday at Santa Rosa Park in Trinidad and Tobago has sparked off a firestorm of criticism about drug testing in local racing. In addition to the Trinidadian runners, 18 local horses were ... http://univesitynetwork.edu.kg/top-jamaica-horses-skip-meet/ Jirí Dvorák, the medical chief of FIFA, has called on anti-doping authorities not to take too hard a line against clenbuterol. Dvorák said authorities must be more understanding about how and why the substance gets into the body. From Insideworldfootball.biz: Last month, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) performed a U-turn by abandoning its ... http://univesitynetwork.edu.kg/relaxation-call-for-anti-doping-rules-in-clenbuterol-cases/ According to investigators from the Jewish General Hospital’s Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI) in Montreal, inhaling corticosteroids can elevate chances of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Findings of the study suggested asthmatics and those suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) taking corticosteroids may be at a considerable ... http://univesitynetwork.edu.kg/risk-of-diabetes-increase-with-inhaled-steroids/ After a police investigation that netted more than $5 million in narcotics recently, seven people were arrested in Cambridge. According to a press release issued by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the operation was “targeting members and associates of (an) outlaw motorcycle gang, specifically the Hells Angels Kitchener, Ontario ... http://univesitynetwork.edu.kg/local-raids-target-hells-angels/