Androgen insensitivity syndrome

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    Over the years, Player Enhancing Drugs have become very popular for many athletes. The risk is high for a higher return. Although there are many other ways to enhance performance, some athletes still tend to lend on these “drugs”. The history of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED’s) date back to the ancient Greek times (“Drugs and Athletes” Gale). Athletes in the ancient Greek times would gorge themselves with meat before they would perform (“Drugs and Athletes” Gale). Around the 1950’s-1960’s,…

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    When it comes to the topic of steroids and its use to cheat in sports to give one the upper hand, most of us rarely agree with the use of anabolic steroids and its use towards professional sport or by having it as an enhancement to grow bigger enhanced muscles in a short period of time. Where this agreement usually ends, however is on the question are anabolic steroids a form of cheating in professional sports and why is it considered cheating? Where some are convinced that its purposes can be…

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    Anabolic steroid use has evolved into a public health concern. Since the 1970s anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) abuse is on the rise in athletes, in recreational sports, bodybuilding and sadly, for unrealistic cosmetic enhancements. According the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBC) reveals an increase in lifetime steroid use in youth and young adults in the United States, particularly in males between the ages of 19 to 40. Information…

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    Anabolic Steroids are very dangerous drugs that can cause many types of cancer and can even lead to death. They are used in many immoral ways and mostly used to cheat in sports because they enable a person to have more power and strength. This drug causes major problems in a person's life, which can also affect their close and loved ones. These reasons prove that Anabolic Steroids should not be distributed at all in the USA. Anabolic Steroids can be very harmful to a person's body. They can…

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    What Causes Pcos

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    unbalanced in PCOS. The change in one hormone starts a change in another and the process goes on. For example: • The sex hormones become unbalanced. Usually, the ovaries also produce a very smallamount of androgens (male sex hormones). In Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, they begin making marginally more androgens. This may stop your ovulation process, develop acne, and develop unwanted facial and body hair. • The body of a women suffering from PCOS may have an issue in the utilization of insulin,…

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    HGH Supplements by Zachary Zerries HGH supplements will help increase muscle mass by stimulating the breakdown of fat cells. HGH, a.k.a. human growth hormone, is a naturally occurring protein hormone that is produced by the pituitary gland. It is essential for normal human growth and development in children and teenagers; low HGH levels early in childhood development have been known to result in dwarfism. Click Here to Visit Our Recommended HGH Supplements Resource!]]> The usage of HGH…

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    Olympic competitions. In April 2011, new policies to regulate who could and could compete as women in the Olympics were enacted before the 2012 Olympics in London. These policies focus on female athletes, often intersex women, with naturally elevated androgen levels, a phenomenon known as hyperandrogenism. Since doping with testosterone is known to increase athletic performance, the policies aim to ensure that these athletes do not hold an unfair advantage over other female competitors due to…

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    Anabolic Steroid Analysis

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    Steroids are performing enhancing drugs that have a negative connotation associated with them. They are known for preventing athletes from competing in various competitions, ending athlete’s careers, and have resulted in numerous deaths. When used incorrectly steroids can be harmful to an athlete’s body and can effect their mindset negatively. However, when used properly and in a controlled manner steroids can be exceedingly beneficial for all athletes. If steroids became legalized, sports would…

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    Buying anabolic steroids is not easy as they are not available at your local GNC. You have to know someone who has access to steroids, the truth is it is not hard to spot them as they are the biggest, most muscular, developed and fat free athletes in every field, will they help you get them is another story. Dianabol and deca durabolin are the most sought for steroids as their risk to benefit ratio is probably one of the highest, they are also easiest to find and one of most effective. Anabolic…

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    Anabolic steroids were first discovered in the late 1930’s as a way to care for hypogonadim, a condition in which the testes do not produce sufficient testosterone for normal growth, development, and sexual functioning (Volkow, 2001). Since this time, anabolic steroid usage has been one of the most controversial topics in modern medicine. In the late 1930s, scientists learned that anabolic steroids could expedite the development of skeletal muscle in laboratory animals. Anabolic steroids are…

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