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Drugs in Sport, Part II: Why Do We Care?

Marek Doyle | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: Human Growth Hormone, Epo, Steroids in Baseball, Steroids, Morality, Vitamins, Drugs in Sport, Oscar Pistorius, UK Sports, Drug-Cheat, Lance Armstrong, UK Sport News
Marek Doyle

I play devil's advocate here only to drive home the point: we need biological manipulation to make sport a spectacle. In fact, I will rephrase that: sport IS biological manipulation. The more pertinent question is to what extent is biological manipulation fair? And can we justify accepting certain forms but not others?

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Drugs in Sport, Part I: The Inconvenient Truth

Marek Doyle | Posted 31.03.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: Doping, Steroids, Oprah, Olympics, Epo, Growth Hormone, Tour De France, Drugs, Cycling, Sport, Lance Armstrong, UK Sport News
Marek Doyle

Regardless of what you have heard since Lance Armstrong staged his confession on Oprah, drugs are everywhere in sport. And regardless of where you stand, they're not going anywhere. And there's a good reason they're not going anywhere either: drugs work and they work very well.

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The Rising Tide of Men Suffering Body Imagine Anxiety

Rosi Prescott | Posted 29.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: UK Impact, Body Imagine, Central Ymca, Body Confidence, Lynne Featherstone, Steroids, Ymca, Men's Health, Men's Body Confidence, UK Lifestyle News
Rosi Prescott

For countless years the female of the species has been under enormous pressure about her appearance, and the struggle only appears to have got worse in recent years. It appears that the contagion of body image insecurity that has historically afflicted women is beginning to infect men. Last year Central YMCA collaborated with the Centre for Appearance Research and the Succeed Foundation to undertake a major piece of research to better understand men's attitudes to their appearance.

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New arrest in steroids case - Washington Post (blog):

Posted 23.03.2010 | Home
Read More: Steroids, Washington Capitals, Home News

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