Tainted medicine (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)(Weight Loss News)

It was more than 20 years ago when a doctor told Sandra Taylor that she needed to put her son on steroids. But steroid use didn’t yet carry the stigma it does today particularly in recent months, in light of Olympic champion Marion Jones’ confession of steroid-assisted performance in her medal-winning games and Sen. George Mitchell’s report naming 88 pro baseball players purported to use steroids to enhance their pitching or batting. As a result of all the negative publicity steroids have gotten, doctors are finding them a harder sell on people who legitimately need them. Without the ability to treat with steroids, Jacobson would lose a powerful tool in rehabilitating injuries or treating people with certain ailments. When taken in high doses, anabolic steroids are converted into testosterone and also improve the body’s ability to make protein and increase the production of red blood cells. read more

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