Sports N Health

According to a new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, treatment with anabolic steroids could improve surgical repair of massive or recurrent tears of rotator cuff tendons of the shoulder. It is common to see that these kinds of injuries extend well beyond athletes, collegiate, and professional sportsmen and may occur in older sportsmen, including golf and tennis players. This study appeared in an issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine and was led by Dr. Spero... more

According to a new review of recently concluded studies comparing inhaled corticosteroids and the medicine cromolyn, asthmatic children and adults can breathe deeper and exercise a better control over their asthma with corticosteroids. It was remarked by James Guevara, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and colleagues that asthmatic patients using steroids also have the unique advantage of scoring considerably higher when it comes to lung function tests. It was also remarked... more

Gold that buys health can never be ill spent.  ~Thomas Dekker, Westward Ho, 1604 Disease is somatic; the suffering from it, psychic.  ~Martin H. Fischer Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it.  ~John Henry A healthy body and soul come from an unencumbered mind and body.  ~Ymber Delecto Diseases crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many Anatomies.  ~Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy Sometimes... more

New Technique to curb use of banned substances in sportsAccording to a research published in the journal Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, a new technique can enable sporting drug officials in the form of a long jump forward in spotting use of banned substances by athletes. This technique can easily distinguish the presence of naturally occurring human steroids and those that have been synthetically manufactured. From News-Medical.Net: The new approach, developed by scientists from Imperial... more

Researchers at the Michigan State University have found out that leptin, a hormone produced by fat cells and considered as an appetite-controlling hormone, has the ability to affect the immune system where natural versions of some steroids fail to deliver. This study was reported in an online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It was revealed by Pamela Fraker, MSU professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and lead scientist that the neuroendocrine system plays an... more

Norditropin (somatropin[rDNA origin] injection) has been approved by FDA for treating short stature in children with Noonan syndrome, according to a recent statement by Novo Nordisk. Noonan syndrome is classified as an autosomal dominant genetic syndrome that is commonly featured by congenital heart defects, short stature, and unique facial characteristics. It is believed that 80 percent of children suffering from Noonan syndrome tend to also suffer from considerable short stature. From News.medical.net: “When... more

Steroids have been found to possess a unique ability to reduce heart damage in children with Kawasaki’s disease, according to a study that was published in an issue of Pediatrics. It is important to note here that the findings of this study highlight knowledge gap as the present guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics state that there is little evidence to suggest that steroids are effective in treating children with Kawasaki’s disease when it comes to minimizing damage to... more

If steroids are withdrawn early following liver transplantation, a higher incidence of rejection and a lower incidence of intolerance to glucose may be seen to necessitate treatment for diabetes. This finding came to limelight after a first double-blind placebo-controlled study was conducted with an aim to examine the effects of early steroid withdrawal. This study was published in an issue of Liver Transplantation, the official journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases... more

In the world of professional sports, the use of steroids is often a matter of debate and criticism but recent observations have clearly suggested that only one side of the story has been heard till now and steroids are not harmful as they have been told. Despite the fact that WADA made it clear that sportsmen find abusing steroids to gain advantage will not be spared, more and more sportsmen are still finding steroids to be exceptional performance enhancing drugs without any second thoughts. Let... more

With the passing time, more and more sportsmen are using steroids to gain an advantage and stay ahead of their peers. Term it as reluctance to change or the will to remain invincible, steroids and sports have get well in such a way that they have almost become inseparable in today’s sporting world. The previously unfeasible and impossible targets and records are now crumbling and audience is getting more interested in seeing the “best side of sportsmen” with sheer enthusiasm. Despite... more