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    Professional Athletes should not use Steroids Anabolic steroids were created in the late 1930’s‚ primarily to treat hypogonadism; at condition in which the testes do not produce the sufficient amount of testosterone for normal growth‚ development and sexual functioning. The primary medical uses of these compounds are to treat delayed puberty‚ some types of impotence‚ and wasting of the body caused by HIV infection or other diseases. The paragraph above should be enough for anyone‚ to show anabolic

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    leagues. Athletes taking performance enhancing drugs is cheating. Athletes taking PEDs is like using your phone on a test to look up the answers. Sports enhancing drugs not only cause an unbalanced field of play‚ but also has caused health issues for many athletics in a variety of sports. Just the thought of enhancing drugs helping athletes gain an edge on others sounds like a requirement. Most athletes go to the gym and work hard to improve their game. What people like to say “so called” athletes who

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    Introduction Have you ever thought of the positive and negative effects that sports have on children and their future? The positive and negative ways sports effect children and student athletes and their choices in life. Professional athletes have worked all their lives which influences children and student athletes to work hard and teach them good ethics. Not all athletes make smart decisions though which can also be a bad influence on student athletes and their futures

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    like their idols. Many high school athletes contribute to the steroid epidemic by taking steroids to emulate the abilities of their sports idols‚ others take steroids to look like the Hulk and Hercules. Steroids and sports can easily be compared to Napster and music. Both‚ steroids and Napster‚ are diminishing the industries they relate to‚ the future results are unclear for now‚ but initiatives need to be made. Steroids are illegal substances that give athletes more testosterone and extra endurance

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    illegal so what can be done to prevent professional athletes from using them? Steriods or any enhancing has been used since the ancient greeks so steriods or any enhancers has been around for awhile and if we dont act fast than it will be here forever. Athletes using steriods can cause real serious long-term health risks‚ because steriods unhealthy for the human. Steriods is used medical reasons not just for muscles it helps out people who have asthma but even though they somewhat helps them its

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    The Effects of Being A Collegiate Athlete 2 It is hard to be a college student. You have many responsibilities and it takes up so much time. College is basically a job with the amount of hours you have to put in each day to do your work to the best of your ability! Now just imagine adding a second job to that. This job not only requires mental awareness‚ but also takes physical strength that not many people can fathom. In this essay I will talk about the positive effects of being a collegiate

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    The Effects of Performance Enhancing Drugs on Athletes The risks of taking performance -enhancing drugs to improve an athletes’ performance outweighs the benefits. Along with the fact that all performance-enhancing drugs are illegal to use in sports‚ there are also serious side effects and addiction risks to the drugs. Athletes may choose from a variety of drugs and each may achieve different benefits. However‚ most of the time‚ athletes are uneducated in their decision to take the drugs‚ which

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    are Steroids? Corticosteroid drugs‚ called "steroids" for short‚ are potent chemical substances which can reduce swelling and inflammation quickly. These drugs are closely related to cortisol‚ a hormone produced on the cortex of the adrenal glands. Corticosteroids are used in arthritis treatment because of their anti-inflammatory properties‚ but recommended as a low-dose or short-term treatment when possible to minimize side effects. Corticosteroids are not the same as "anabolic steroids" (performance

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    Drugs and Sports Have you ever wondered how many professional athletes take performance drugs? Well about one athlete out of every ten athletes have taken performance enhancing drugs sometime in their career. Athletes take these drugs to increase their level of play on the field or on the court. These athletes gain an unfair advantage on their opponents. Steroids are ruining sports all around the world‚ as they continue to attract people to these substances‚ but we can reduce the steroid use in sports

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    Participating in a sport is much more than the act of pushing your body through torture and using your talents to reach your goal. There are many effects that show after you get involved in a sport‚ your physical‚ personal‚ social outlook. The purpose of this paper is to discuss those effects. The first major effect of participating in a sport is that you will develop physical abilities. Your body will be in better shape‚ and you’ll be able to achieve things that physically you couldn’t accomplish

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