Editor's note: This is the first of an eight-week series of articles examining the effects of commonly abused substances on athletic performance and overall health. There should not be a ...

The abuse of anabolic steroids is no longer confined to a small group of professional athletes and bodybuilders. Today, teenagers girls as well as boys seeking shortcuts to athletic prowess or ...

Synthetic substances related to the male sex hormones (androgens). They promote growth of skeletal muscle (anabolic effect) and the development of male sexual characteristics (androgenic effects ...

Anabolic steroids are like a double-edged sword. They have a rep for pumping up or preserving lean muscle mass fast and ...

1 Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Preventive Doping Research, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany 2 European Monitoring Center for Emerging Doping Agents (EuMoCEDA), Cologne/Bonn, ...