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(4-2-2004)
Genplant maakt seleniumsupplement (Purdue News)
Gentechplant haalt selenium uit de grond en zet het om in methylselenocysteine.
Nolvadex zet anti-kanker-gen aan (Science Daily)
(3-2-2004)
Alle dopingdealers komen in één database (Associated Press)
,,On Monday, France's sports minister announced the creation of a database that will help in the fight against the trafficking of performance-enhancing
drugs used by athletes. The French government will rely on a database that will be created by Interpol, the world's largest international police organization.
Lamour explained that Interpol – based in Lyon, France – will create a database system that allows the French government to collect information on drug
traffickers. ,,We need a solid database in order to track traffickers from one continent to another", said Lamour.''
Supplementenindustrie denkt dat Hillary Clinton alle supplementen wil verbieden (U.S. Newswire)
,,While the FDA contends there are 155 reported deaths 'linked' to Ephedra use over a ten year period, experts hired by the agency reported that less
than 5 of those reported deaths were actually related to use of the supplement."
(2-2-2004)
Vitamine E uit capsules neem je nauwelijks op (Oregon State)
Het lichaam neemt nauwelijks vitamine E uit capsules op. Uit levensmiddelen, waaraan de fabrikant vitamine E heeft toegevoegd, haal je
26 keer meer vitamine dan uit een capsule.
(1-2-2004)
Lunch-time lypo: Fat happens (Winnipeg Sun)
,,It's not only people with too much money and not enough motivation to shed pounds the old-fashioned way who resort to cosmetic procedures.
In fact, Dr. Roman Chubaty, who performs fat-melting mesotherapy at a Winnipeg clinic, said many of his clients are devoted athletes who just
can't get rid of lingering fat. A bodybuilder and a tennis instructor are among Chubaty's clients undergoing treatment for love handles.''
Chubaty opereert niet maar injecteert, onder meer met B12 - 'to speed up metabolism'. Hmm.
Maker heroïne-achtige pijnstiller levert bodybuilder klerestreek. (Orlando Sentinel) [Offline]
Toen een Amerikaanse krant een reportage maakte over het heroïne-achtige OxyContin, vertelde bodybuilder en ex-politie-agent David Rokisky openlijk
over zijn verslaving en zijn pijnlijke afkickperiode - die hem bijna het leven kostte. De maker van dat middel, Purdue Pharma, verzamelde al het vuil uit het
verleden van Rokisky dat de detectives van de farmaceut konden vinden, en maakten dat openbaar. Rokisky was een anabolen- en cokedealer, meldde
Pharma.
De krant ging nog eens op onderzoek uit, en ontdekte dat de farmaceut die strategie gebruikt in andere zaken die gedupeerde OxyContingebruikers tegen
Purdue hebben aangespannen. ,,Through voluntary interviews with potential witnesses who are not parties to our suits, we often learn the truth'',
huichelt de voorlichtingstrol van Purdue. ,,Once their false allegations are exposed, many plaintiffs give up their claims."
O ja. Dat dealen van Rokisky viel reuze mee. ,,Albuquerque police files indicate the investigation of Rokisky came after border agents found steroids and
Valium tablets in his car after he and two passengers were stopped at the U.S.-Mexico border in June 1998.''
Jongeren kopen grif verboden middelen via internet (AAP) [Offline]
,,Illicit drug use is not exclusively a youth domain, young people were the group most likely to be users and the most internet savvy'', schrijft de Australische
psychiater Bernard St George in de Medical Journal of Australia. ,,He cited the case of a 20-year-old patient who had used on-line pharmacies in Mexico and
Thailand to order up to 500 sleeping tablets, which were then delivered to the door.''
Olympiabodybuilder Sonny Schmidt overleden (Flex)
,,Sonny Schmidt, the Samoan bodybuilder who won the 1995 Masters Olympia, died of cancer in Melbourne, Australia, on January 25.
Schmidt was diagnosed in early December ’03 with the disease and was told by doctors that he had only 2-4 weeks to live.
Schmidt died at his Melbourne home surrounded by family and friends. He was 50 years old.''
(31-1-2004)
Je hoeft niet veel te kunnen bankdrukken om een held te zijn (Associated Press)
(29-1-2004)
Weer renner opgepakt in Franse EPO-zaak (procycling.com) [Offline]
,,French police have taken a young Polish rider into custody after a search of his hotel room in the southern town of
Limoux turned up syringes and medical products that are banned from sale in France. Twenty-three-year-old Daniel Majewski
is thought to be linked to Cofidis's Polish soigneur Bogdan Madejak, who was arrested by police last week on suspicion of
being part of a drug trafficking operation.'' Weer een Pool.
FDA India valt binnen bij fabrikant 'dieetmiddelen' (Mid Day)
,,The Wada unit was raided on Wednesday because diet guru Anjali Mukherjee allegedly bought slimming drugs from there. Drug inspectors collected
samples of four of the unit's products. They were tested at the FDA's Bandra laboratory for steroids or other banned substances. According to Muttarwar,
the pharma unit has violated the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, as it did not follow proper documentation. He said production at the unit will have to
stop until the company replies to the notice.'' Er is wat aan het veranderen in India.
Online pharmacies lower the bar for steroid users (Reuters)
Reportage over internet-anabolen-apotheken. ,,Perhaps unsurprisingly, the world of online steroids is riven with paranoia, with many
sites discussing which other sites are scams that will not deliver the goods as promised. On one U.S. discussion board, opinion was divided over whether
"international pharmacies" could be trusted. ,,Good luck bro, kinda hard to find a legit one out there", one contributor wrote, although others
disagreed.''
Vetmesterijen voor vrouwen sterven uit (BBC)
,,Fatematou admitted that sometimes the girls cried at the treatment. ,,Of course they cry - they scream", she said. ,,We grab them and we
force them to eat. If they cry a lot we leave them sometimes for a day or two and then we come back to start again.
They get used to it in the end."
Drugs could become a problem in golf, warns Price (ABC)
,,Former world number one Nick Price has warned that the emphasis on strength in golf could lead to the use of performance-enhancing drugs among younger players.''
Vijftien doden per jaar door anorexia (nu.nl)
(29-1-2004)
FDA intercepts illegally imported drugs (Associated Press)
,,Many that contained no instructions or side effect warnings. Labels on some were not written in English, including human growth hormone labeled only in Chinese.''
Onderzoeksfirma heeft geld: onderzoek naar nieuwe generatie androgenen gaat door (Biospace)
Meer over syndrogenen vind je [hier]
Charles Yesalis: Dopingboodschap Bush gaat niet werken (Sedalia Democrat)
,,In reality, Yesalis believes that drug-augmented athletes make money for sports leagues because fans,,want to see larger-than-life people doing larger-than-life things'', he said.
(28-1-2004)
Cofidiszaak leidt tot gevechten achter de schermen (Guardian)
,,François Migraine said: ,,I believe it is better that I do not know. If I ask a rider and he says, 'Yes I take drugs,' I can't play that game. I wouldn't be
able to sack him until he gets to the end of his contract, but I would know and I would still have to live with that. It would be an impossible situation."
Goed stuk.
Exercisers Get Workout Boost From New Hot Pepper Nasal Spray (PR Web)
Het zat eraan te komen. Ergogenics voorspelde verleden jaar de komst van dit soort supplementen. [ErGs]
FDA verbiedt gebruik koeiehersens in supplementen (Seattle Times)
Een beetje. ,,The FDA banned the use of brains and spinal cords from older cows in cosmetics and human nutritional supplements. Mad-cow disease,
or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is more common in older animals and concentrates in those "high-risk" tissues.'' Voor Europese begrippen een
slappe maatregel, maar ach. Waar zouden die Amerikanen hun afgekeurde partijen Secretagogue [ErGs] naartoe sturen,
denk je?
(27-1-2004)
Voetballer sterft op veld (AFP)
Miklos Feher is dood. ,,It was the second death in seven months of an international footballer during a match. Last June, Cameroonian midfielder
Marc-Vivien Foe died from a heart attack after collapsing while playing for his country in a Confederations Cup semi-final against Colombia at his former
club's ground of Lyon.''
Autopsie Feher voltooid, geen mededelingen (AFP)
Mysterieuze dood voetballer staat niet op zichzelf (The Star)
Spooky.
EPO-zaak Cofidis: Philippe Gaumont bekent gebruik van en handel in EPO (Guardian)
Gaumont: ,,I admitted taking substances. What cyclist can say the opposite?"
Sponsor Migraine: ,,I had doubts about him but no proof. I am disappointed that he did not grasp the opportunity to race without drugs that I offered
him."
Just Say Yes to Performance-enhancing Drugs (Better Humans)
Column van Simon Smith. ,,The solution isn't to ban drugs, but to subsidize their use to equalize access.''
(26-1-2004)
East German Steroids' Toll: 'They Killed Heidi' (New York Times)
Interview van Jere Longman met Andreas Krüger: ooit een meisje, dat van haar trainers zoveel Oral-Turinabol moest slikken dat ze werd gedwongen van
geslacht te veranderen. Nu is hij één van de 310 sporters die schadevergoeding van de Duitse overheid hebben geëist. Van de 10.000 sporters die in de DDR doping kregen, hebben er tussen de tweeduizend en vijfhonderd ,,significant health problems associated with steroids,
including liver tumors, heart disease, testicular and breast cancer, gynecological problems, infertility, depression and eating disorders. Some female athletes
have reported miscarriages and have had children born with deformities like club feet''. Advocaten onderzoeken inmiddels of het mogelijk is de maker van Oral-Turinabol, Schering (voorheen Jenapharm) te vervolgen. (26-1-2004)
Film records effects of eating only McDonald's for a month (New Zealand Herald)
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock at bij wijze van experiment dertig dagen uitsluitend bij de Mac en legde vast wat er met hem gebeurde.
,,When Spurlock had finished, his liver, overwhelmed by saturated fats, had virtually turned to pate. ,,The liver test was the most shocking thing,"
said Dr Daryl Isaacs, who joined the team to watch over him. ,,It became very, very abnormal." Spurlock put on nearly 12kg over the period and
his cholesterol level leapt from a respectable 165 to 230. ,,I got desperately ill. My face was splotchy and I had this huge gut,
which I've never had in my life ... It was amazing - and really frightening." And his girlfriend, a vegan chef? "She was completely disgusted by me,"
he said.
Tijm, kaneel en knoflook laten vee meer vlees aanzetten (Guardian)
Foliumzuur voorkomt hartaanval (NutraIngredients)
DHEA keert terug als hormoonvervanger (NutraIngredients)
Vitamin D supplements lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis (Nature)
Robot scientist outperforms humans in lab (New Scientist)
,,The robot not only performs genetics experiments, it also decides which ones to do, interprets the results and comes up with new hypotheses.'' Brrr.
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[Definitie:] "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance."
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