steroids
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The WHO Now Recommends Cheap Steroids As a Life-Saving Treatment for Severe Covid-19
New research released Wednesday seems to confirm one of the few hopeful discoveries made during the covid-19 pandemic: Cheap steroid drugs can save the lives of people with severe covid-19. The accumulating evidence has convinced the World Health Organisation to embrace steroids as a standard treatment for these critical cases, though not for people with…
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This Gene Lets Doping Athletes Pass Pee-In-The-Cup Steroid Tests
Some people are just naturally good at cheating. That is they’re born with a gene that allows them to take steroids, but pass traditional tests — without any of the designer masking agents that many athletes have turned to. And in a lot of leagues that’s as good as a licence to dope your brains…
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What Is EPO?
Fresh allegations by Lance Armstrong’s former teammate Tyler Hamilton are bad news for the man in yellow. Hamilton says Armstrong used EPO to train for the Tour de France. So what’s EPO, and why is that a big deal?