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    Risking Steroid Use / Coaches Fear BALCO Probe May Boost Consumption." SFGate. N.p.‚ 2 Nov. 2003. Web. 08 Nov. 2016 The article states steroids can affect young high school teenage boys with their development. A doctor stated that he can spot steroid use. Young athletes do not think anything will happen to them when they use steroids. The source is useful because the article is geared toward young high school athletes. It gave great facts about high school athletes that should not take steroids because

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    2009 Anabolic steroids are artificially produced hormones that boost your body’s ability to prevent muscle breakdown‚ enlarge muscles and decrease body fat. The artificial hormone produced is similar to or the same as androgens which is the male-type sex hormones in the body. There are over a 100 different types of anabolic steroids. The most powerful is testosterone. Steroids have several slang names and are sometimes referred to as juice‚ hype‚ roids‚ gym candy and pumpers. Steroids come in several

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    Performance enhancing drugs are very bad. Steroids are one of many performance enhancing drugs that are not natural for the human body. Steroids are an enhancement drug‚ that will increase your muscles‚ body size‚ testosterone‚ and physical and mental body. Although many people think steroids don’t effect your body at all negatively‚ they can severely injure your body. Taking steroids “can cause enlargement of the heart‚ which can lead to heart failure; high blood pressure; hardening of the arteries

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    Bio 2 – 006 Amira Elramsisy Professor Porcelli Biology Case Study #3 Anabolic Steroids – The Nervous System The main purpose of the Nervous System is communication through electrical impulses. The nervous system allows for the coordination of all systems. It has the ability to detect and respond to stimuli. Neurons make up nervous tissue and have the ability to transmit electrical impulses. The nervous system consists of the central nervous system as well as the peripheral nervous system

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    dramatically in the past thirty-five years with players doing steroids‚ student athletes going to play pros after one year of college‚ and athletes that get involve with greed. "Believing that anabolic steroids can improve competitiveness and performance‚ uninformed or misguided athletes‚ sometimes encouraged by coaches or parents‚ abuse these drugs to build lean muscle mass‚ promote aggressiveness‚ and increase body weight." (“Anabolic Steroids…) Athletes in sports have had a lot on there mine while they

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    a myth out there that anabolic steroids can turn a cub into a bear. Steroids won’t make you tough and competitive. What they will do is ruin your health. It’s that simple.” -Dick Butkus (Steroids). Steroids first came around in the 1860s when a group of swimmers from Amsterdam were caught taking drugs to improve their race times. In 1935‚ German soldiers reportedly were taking male testosterone supplements to increase their aggressiveness on the battlefield. Steroids and other supplements have been

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    Physical Appearance and the Use of Steroids It is hard to deny the fact that a good body will get you more attention. Women have always wanted the perfect body and would do just about anything to get it. These days‚ women are not the only ones concerned with their image. Studies have shown that more and more men are worrying about their appearance‚ especially because of peer pressure. However‚ there are fewer things for men to do in order to get well built‚ muscular bodies. This means that in many

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    Reflection #2 3/21/13 When viewing an issue with society‚ one can view it through several different perspectives. You can look at an issue through the perspectives of a functionalist and a conflict theorist‚ the two major theories of Sociology. Sociology: The Essentials defines both of these perspectives. Functionalists “view society in terms of how it contributes to the stability of the whole.” Conflict theorists “emphasize the role of coercion and power‚ a person or group’s ability to exercise

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    David Haynes Mrs. Szabo ENG – 102 5 December‚ 2012 Hall of Famer? Major League Baseball (MLB) has always been one of the worst offenders of players engaging in questionable behavior. With the MLB featuring as a key example in the steroid debate‚ how can the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) electors decide which players are eligible to be inducted into the Hall of Fame? Located in Cooperstown‚ New York‚ the National Baseball Hall of Fame is in anticipation for new members. An

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    LEGAL STEROIDS: A BOON FOR THE MUSCLE BUILDING INDUSTRY. Do you want to nurture and develop your body muscles in the most authentic and natural way? Forget about the dangerous side effects of illegal and substandard steroids. It is now time for you to breathe in peace because the market is being swept by the goodness of legal steroids that has been proven to deliver better results without any long-term detrimental effects. WHAT ARE LEGAL STEROIDS? Legal steroids are not some magical supplements

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