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And a Doctor! Published:Saturday | September 3, 2016 | 12:28 AM Shayne Fairman Having competed on the Jamaica Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (JABBFA) circuit for just two years, Dr Lisanne Levy has a total of nine titles to show.The medical doctor contends body building is...

The Testosterone Controversy by Josh Hodnik I can’t imagine that there is any other substance found naturally in the human body that’s been more controversial than the hormone, testosterone. Even though it’s naturally produced in men, and in low amounts in women, its synthetic version is a...

A Look at Steroid Contradictions by Brent Allen, MS, MBA The perfect way to open this article is to tell you about my conversations with the many university and college Health/Physical Education department heads I talked to in order to guest lecture at their respective institutions. I would...

Testosterone has long been banned in sports as a performance-enhancing drug. This use may soon be accepted in medicine alongside other legitimate hormonal therapies (by John M. Hoberman and Charles E. Yesalis ) On June 1, 1889, Charles Edouard Brown-Sequard, a prominent French physiologist...

Linda J. Dobberstein, Chiropractor, Board Certified in Clinical Nutrition Drugs like Benadryl, Coumadin, Sominex, Klonopin, Detrol, Flexeril, Lasix, and Elavil have something in common. They are in the class of anticholinergic medications. The use of these drugs affects the neurotransmitter...

A complete list of UFC 199's medical suspensions can be seen below. The fighters not mentioned all received a seven-day mandatory rest period. Luke Rockhold: 45-day suspension, 30 without contact after being knocked out (no exception). Ricardo Lamas: 60-day suspension or cleared by physician...

The artist known as Prince has died ... TMZ has learned. He was 57. Prince's body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning. Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed. The singer -- full name Prince Rogers Nelson -- had a medical...

How many times have you heard people talk about their thyroids? If you are into fitness, probably more times than most, and probably in the context of great frustration. A comment like, “My thyroid is so slow, “ is something you might commonly hear in physique-based sports. I’m not going to lie...

DMSO - for sprains and strains DMSO stands for Dimethyl Sulfoxide—an organic solvent with numerous biological and therapeutic properties. DMSO is best known for helping with musculo-skeletal injuries and disorders such as strains, sprains, fractures, and a range of arthritic conditions. In...

Old-school fight fans may remember Frank Trigg’s 2007 war against Robbie Lawler under the Icon Sport banner. Trigg was defending his middleweight championship, when he was put to sleep with a brutal uppercut in the 4th round. While the knockout was a particularly brutal one, what many fans...

New study finds testosterone replacement therapy does not increase heart risk. A new study of generally healthy men who used testosterone replacement therapy to normalize testosterone levels has found that taking supplemental testosterone does not increase their risk of experiencing a heart...

What exactly are paper anabolic steroids? Simply put, paper anabolic steroids are most commonly sheets of highly absorbent edible rice paper soaked and saturated with the steroid drug of choice. These sheets of rice paper containing the steroid drugs are then printed over with an intersecting...

by Mike Arnold Over the last 10 years, the grim reaper has visited our community more times than I care to remember. In fact, more post-millennium professional bodybuilders have died in their 30’-40’s than in the previous 3 decades combined. While it is true that not all of these deaths can be...

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Florida Gators quarterback Will Grier has been suspended for one year for violating NCAA rules, coach Jim McElwain announced Monday. Grier tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance that was found in an over-the-counter supplement, McElwain said. The positive test carries an automatic...

<header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29px; ">Electronic Sports League Bans Anabolic Steroids and Human Growth Hormone</header> The Germany-based Electronic Sports League (ESL) has officially ban the...

Speaking as a Chemist - who has had access to high-Purity DMSO - it really *can* help...in fact, I've started looking into the best protocol to help with the arthritis I've inherited, and will post on that soon, I hope. By: Dennis Weis...

Comissao Atletica Brasileira de MMA (CABMMA), MMA’s regulatory body in Brazil, has issued medical suspensions to fighters from this past weekend’s UFC 190, and five face lengthy terms. MMAjunkie today obtained the list of suspensions from CABMMA, which oversaw Saturday’s pay-per-view event...

The California State Athletic Commission has put out their breakdown of the medical suspensions after a very physical UFC Fight Night 71 card in San Diego last week, and the list is long. No less than nine fighters could be facing suspensions for up to 180 days, which includes a litany of...

If you are a steroid user, the chances are that you’ve been taught to use 23 guage or 25 guage needles for intramuscular injections of anabolic steroids. After all, this is what athletes and bodybuilders have been doing for decades. Furthermore, medical school and medical professionals all...