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Pathological changes in anabolic androgenic steroid users

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2015
Several classes of recreational and prescription drugs have additional effects on the heart and vasculature, which may significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality in chronic users.
Manuela Licata   +2 more
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Anabolic—Androgenic Steroids

Disease-a-Month, 2013
The use of drugs to enhance physical performance has occurred since the beginning of recorded time. Ancient Greeks ate mushrooms and sesame seeds to enhance performance, and Roman gladiators used stimulants to increase endurance. In modern sports, documentation of the abuse of performance-enhancing drugs appeared in the early 1900s, when athletes ...
Donald G, Barceloux, Robert B, Palmer
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Anabolic Androgenic Steroids and Suicide

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, 1999
Eight medicolegally examined cases of suicide, in 21- to 33-year-old males, with a history of current or discontinued use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) are described, five of which were approached by means of systematic interviews with survivors.
I, Thiblin, B, Runeson, J, Rajs
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Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids

Sports Medicine, 1995
The use of drugs to enhance physical performance has been observed for thousands of years. Today, individuals continue to use a variety of substances, including anabolic-androgenic steroids, in the hope of enhancing their performance and appearance.
C E, Yesalis, M S, Bahrke
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Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids and the Adolescent

Pediatric Annals, 1992
This article has reviewed some of the hormonal and behavioral maturation that occurs during adolescence, which are characterized by remarkable physical changes and behavioral vulnerability. Risk taking of many varieties is common and drugs (including anabolic-androgenic steroids) form a part of the prevailing culture in many places.
A D, Rogol, C E, Yesalis
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Anabolic androgenic steroids and violence

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2002
Objective:  To scrutinize the criminal career among users of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) with focus on a possible relationship between use of AAS and violent offences.Method:  Prospective longitudinal follow‐up of police records concerning known users of AAS.Results:  The present study describes five young men who started to use AAS with the ...
I, Thiblin, T, Pärlklo
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Anabolic-androgenic steroids: In cell culture

In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal, 1993
Testosterone and related steroids at physiological concentrations positively stimulate in cell culture a number of reactions in a variety of tissues from different species of animals. Cells maintained in cell culture provide a means to study toxic effects in target organs and also the mechanism of action of these steroids.
C D, Kochakian, A A, Welder
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Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Abuse

The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 2000
Substance abuse is a major public health concern. Among healthcare professionals involved in sports and exercise, a specific goal is to reduce steroid use among adolescents. According to the Healthy People 2010 report (1), the estimated percentage of US male high school seniors using anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) declined from 4.7% in 1989 to 4.1%
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Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids

Strength and Conditioning Journal, 2007
This column summarizes several research studies regarding anabolic-androgenic steroids, including studies characterizing their usage regimens and associated behaviors of their users and addressing their effects on fertility, C reactive protein, and cardiac structure and cardiovascular function, and their presence in nutritional supplements.
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Anabolic–Androgenic Steroids

2012
The anabolic–androgenic steroids (AAS) are a family of hormones that includes the natural male hormone, testosterone, together with a group of synthetic derivatives of testosterone. These drugs are widely abused by men (and rarely, women) to gain muscle mass and lose body fat.
Harrison G. Pope, Gen Kanayama
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