doping in sports

Explores whether developing technology helped athletes gain an edge, and if advanced technology in sports helped athletes to better reach their potential, or has it harmed sports.

Describes what happens inside the body when athletes take performance-enhancing drugs; describes some of the most common drugs and substances used, why each is dangerous, why nutritional supplements can be dangerous, and more.

An exploration of steroids that discusses the effects on the body and brain, the negative effects on health, and offers advice on seeking help for an addiction.

Examines the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports.

Explores the issues surrounding doping by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.

Chronicles fourteen years in Lance Armstrong's career, from his cancer recovery to his fall after revelations about his systemic doping became public.

The author reveals his first-hand knowledge in the 2005 baseball scandal involving the distribution and use of performance-enhancing drugs, describing how he supplied steroids to many major league players, and how, in order to avoid jail time, cooperated with the government in exposing some of the very players he helped.

Examines the continuing controversy over the use of anabolic steroids in competitive sports, providing a description of anabolic steroid compounds, and discussing the basic principles of muscle building, how anabolic steroids enhance athletic performance, drug testing, mental health risks, and other topics.

Story of a group of female East German athletes who dominated international sports during the 1970s through a state-sponsored drug program which administered steroids to the young athletes.