01. Your guide to banned drugs
Many supplements may contain banned substances and there is a chance that not all the ingredients are accurately listed on the label of a supplement product.
Read | 02. A - Z of Epoetin (EPO)
Epoetin is a man-made version of human erythropoietin (EPO) stimulates the bone marrow to produce red blood cells.
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03. A - Z of masking agents
How diuretics are used to mask te presence of another banned substance.
Read | 04. A - Z of THG
Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) is the steroid at the centre of the new major athletics doping scandal. Health24 explains what the drug is.
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05. Beware of slimming products
Nothing is worth the risk of being banned, having to return your prize money and medals, and suffering the humiliation of being prevented from pursuing your sporting career.
Read | 06. Altering athletes genetically
Far from science fiction, genetically enhanced athletes may soon be a reality, and scientists may have a problem catching the sportsman at this new frontier of doping.
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07. A-Z of testosterone
Testosterone is widely used as a performance enhancing supplement in the sports world. Learn more about this potentially dangerous suppliment here.
Read | 08. Could Landis be innocent
What was being hailed as one of the greatest rides in Tour de France history turned into a nightmare for Floyd Landis when his urine sample showed elevated levels of testosterone.
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09. Could the doping tests be wrong?
When accused of doping, many sportsmen and women claim innocence. And whereas most of them may be the cheats that the tests say they are, some may be completely innocent.
Read | 10. Schoolboy sport drug shocker
A shocking 22% of rugby-playing schoolboys who took part in a survey conducted by Health24 admitted to taking illegal substances to improve their sports performance.
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11. Never big enough
Some bodybuilders, obsessed with size, may suffer from a disorder called muscle dysmorphia. Basically, they develop a quite distorted idea about what they look like
Read | 12. Performance lies in the RBCs
What is blood doping, and how does it enhance an athlete’s performance?
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