Steroid use appears to have a more pronounced — and potentially dangerous — effect on male behavior when the drugs are administered during adolescence. That's the conclusion of a newly published study, which suggests that while professional athletes who use the performance-enhancing drugs may be doing themselves long-term harm, those at greatest risk may be the teenagers who follow their example. In a series of experiments, a research team led by Kaliris Salas-Ramirez of Michigan State University directly compared the behavioral consequences of anabolic androgenic steroid exposure ... Read More
Academic Coverage of Sports and Steroids
February 2, 2008 • By • 1 Comment
As the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform continues its probe into the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball, and Olympic sprinter Marion Jones prepares for her six-month prison sentence for lying about using them, we look back at some of the academic literature that helped define the debate. The trajectory of academic coverage in the past quarter century has followed an arc that begins with the health effects of the performance-enhancing drugs, through efforts to regulate them, and onto the current ethical considerations … At ... Read More
