Former congressional representative Tom Davis says Roger Clemens was in denial during the steroids probe. Davis once headed the House committee that investigated on Mark McGwire and Roger Clemens that eventually led to the downfall of their careers.

Davis opines that if only Clemens had just admitted the accusations thrown to him, nobody would have a problem. It was difficult for Clemens to deny anything since Andy Petitte was there to contradict him.

Clemens was noted as vehemently denying any use of steroids or HGH despite his former trainer, Brian McNamee’s accusations.

During the notorious 2005 hearing, Davis was the chairperson of the House Government Reform Committee. Davis remembers McGwire’s implementation of his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. He refused to answer questions about steroids, rather saying that he was there not talk about the past.

Davis welcomed the news that McGwire is back in baseball, this time as a hitting coach for the Cradinals. He thinks McGwire deserves another chance. It is about time that he comes back in the league after four years of self-imposed exile from the sport.

Davis left congress in 2008 and now works as a consultant for Deloitte.

From New York Daily News:

Former congressman Tom Davis, who once led the House committee that helped destroy the baseball legacies of Mark McGwire and Roger Clemens, says he applauds McGwire’s return but thinks Clemens was in denial when he testified before Congress.

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Since the late 1980s, many athletes have been linked to steroids and PEDs use. Perhaps, baseball is the sport with the greatest steroid controversies. Some of the biggest and greatest names in baseball have been linked to steroids use, especially in the BALCO scandal.

The most famous being Barry Bonds, who is well known for breaking Hank Aaron’s home run record. These days, he is also known for another thing, his association with steroids. Bonds, no matter how great his records are in baseball, could never get a contract with any MLB teams and spent all his 2008 with no activity.

In 2003, Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative was accused of supplying anabolic steroids, HGH and other performance-enhancing drugs to professional players in the MLB and in US Track and Field. Some of those athletes include Jason Giambi, Bill Romanowski and Marion Jones.

Added to the BALCO scandal was the list of 104 players who failed the drug test in 2003. The list was supposed to be kept confidential until federal authorities illegally seized the list during a BALCO related search.

Regardless of the advantages it could bring to an athlete’s professional career, the side effects could not be ignored. Its life-long effect in the reputation of professional sports can also be detrimental.

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A new era of baseball is in progress. Pitchers with 210 strikeouts a season, hitters getting over 500 home runs a year with 40 stolen bases. All regular statistics nowadays, but are they legit?

Ever since the late 1980s many sports figures (mostly baseball) have been linked to PED’s (Performance Enhancing Drugs). Some of these athletes include the biggest names in baseball. Even though the testing and tolerance level has grown stricter and stricter over the years drug use has continued to increase

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Former Miss South Dakota 2008 Alexandra Hoffman says performance-enhancing drugs are harmful and at the same time illegal.

Being an athlete herself, she thinks that taking performance-enhancing substances is a form of cheating.

What is more concerning about steroids use is that it is not just related to athletics but ordinary young people also take it to lose weight, relax, build muscles or just enhance their overall body image.

Anabolic steroids and HGH are just two of the common performance-enhancing substances. However, other substances such as caffeine, diuretics and alcohol are being taken excessively by athletes.

Sometimes, athletes try to mask their steroids use during mandatory drug testing by taking another drug such as diuretics.

In the case of  HGH, it is quite hard to detect it since the body produces it naturally. The varying amounts of natural HGH on each individual makes it more difficult to detect.

Hoffman emphasizes that using these performance-enhancing substances brings unpleasant side effects such as mood swings, jaundice, hepatitis, depression and even tumors.

She cited Lyle Alzado, a graduate and an ex- football player of Yankton College, who attributed his brain lymphoma to long-time steroids use.

Think about not only the short-term effects of steroids use but also the long-term effect it could have to your body, Hoffman added.

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The bottom line, she said, is that performance-enhancers are “not worth the risk. … The drugs are going to provide you with a short-term gain, but think about the long-term loss, what you’re doing to your body.”

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In order to prevent harm and protect the public health, US Food and Drug Commissioner Margaret Hamburg announced their plans for a stricter implementation of FDA policies and regulations.

Recent cases involving illegal importation and sales, drug diversion, misbranding of drug products and mislabeling of nutritional supplements have kept the agency busy.

FDA conducted criminal investigations related to the above cases in partnership with other government offices.

Last July 27, Christopher Chase of Massachusetts received a sentence of three years imprisonment with three years of supervised release due to illegal importation of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing drugs.

The drugs were sourced from China and sold in the United States by Chase and his team as bodybuilding substances through websites. Substances such as anabolic steroids, HGH and IGF-1 were available online without a prescription. Clenbuterol, a known drug not approved by the FDA for human consumption, was also among those drugs sold by Chase’s team.

According to Hamburg, the agency must be vigilant, strategic, and quick and must be visible these days.

Among the FDA’s plan include setting post inspection deadlines, speeding the Warning Letter process, and working more closely with regulatory partners of the agency.

According to PharmTech Talk:

Last month, US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg announced the agency’s six-point plan for tougher enforcement of its policies and regulations as means of protecting public health. The plan, which includes actions like setting postinspection deadlines, speeding the Warning Letter process, and working more closely with FDA’s regulatory partners, was designed to “to prevent harm to the American people,” as Hamburg said in an FDA release.

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Many people would refer to Human Growth Hormone (HGH) as steroids. Actually, it’s not. Human growth hormone is a synthetic hormone.

For years, HGH has been promoted to increase healing following an injury or trauma, enhance athletic performance and increase cardiac output. Some even take HGH, which is believed to have anti-aging properties.

Professor John T. Wendt, Associate Professor in the Ethics and Business Law Department of the University of St. Thomas, a specialist in Sports Law and Olympics policies and business, explained the real effects of HGH, its side effects, and its impact in sports.

The major effect of HGH in the body is to stimulate the production and secretion of insulin. As insulin levels increases production of cartilage cells is stimulated. This results in bone growth and in organ growth.

Among the side effects of HGH include diabetes, muscle, joint and bone pain, abnormality in organ growth, hypertension, cardiac deficiency, accelerated osteoarthritis and worsening of cardiovascular diseases.

HGH is never permitted in and out of the competition, based on the World Anti-doping Authority rules.

There are cases, however, that steroids or PEDs use is permitted. A medical condition such as asthma is allowed by WADA to be treated with steroids such as Symbicort.

From the Examiner:

Professor Wendt reiterates that using HGH is not permitted under the World Anti-Doping Authority’s list of Prohibited Substances and it is not possible for one to obtain a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) for the hormone. Professor Wendt wrote, “The important thing to remember is that hGH is prohibited in both in- and out-of-competition. WADA uses a blood test to test for hGH and has been in use since the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.”

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Human Growth Hormone, which is popularly known as HGH, can result in serious repercussions when abused as per recent study findings. It is important to note here that HGH was considered to be a safe product till now and still continues to be used in clinical treatment forms under qualified medical guidance as only an abuse can bring side effects.

Dr. Alan Rogol, who testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform Committee on behalf of The Endocrine Society, outlined the medical use (legitimate) of the growth hormone and its severe health risks when abused by sportsmen, individuals, and celebrities who try to find effective ways to keep aging away.

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“There are a number of safe and legitimate FDA-approved uses of growth hormone in adults and children,” said Dr. Rogol. “The off-label use of growth hormone, which primarily is in the anti-aging and body image or athletic market, comes with increased risks.”

One risk factor is that most off-label users are usually unaware of the correct doses. “One can assume that the dose administered would be much greater than that given for legitimate purposes,” said Dr. Rogol.

At higher HGH dosages, it is possible to achieve levels similar to those found in the endocrine disease acromegaly, which is caused by too much growth hormone in the body. This condition can lead to severe muscle weakness and even heart disease.

According to Dr. Rogol, perhaps the most insidious off-label use is by athletes and others who believe they are using actual growth hormone, when in fact they may be receiving an entirely different substance.

“Magazines and the internet are replete with advertisements for substances marketed as ‘growth hormone‘,” said Dr. Rogol. “Growth hormone, however, can only work if injected, and many of these preparations are taken orally, so they cannot possibly be HGH.”

It was remarked by Dr. Rogol that GH that is made from human tissue has now been almost removed from the drug market because of the rare yet fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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Off-label distribution or provision of growth hormone for treating aging and other forms of age-associated illness is illegal in the United States as per a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The authors of this study were Dr. Thomas Perls, Director of the New England Centenarian Study at Boston Medical Center and associate professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine; Dr. Neal Reisman, clinical professor of plastic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine and associate chief of plastic surgery at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, who is also an attorney; and S. Jay Olshansky, professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health.

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“Prescribing and administering HGH has become a routine intervention in an industry that is variably called anti-aging, regenerative, longevity or age management medicine,” said Perls. “Hundreds of thousands of patients who have received HGH in recent years as a purported treatment for aging are unaware that they are receiving the drug illegally.

“Although there is no evidence that HGH administration stops or reverses aging, many people spend a great deal of money on these products,” Perls said. “On the contrary, responsibly conducted and peer-reviewed science indicates that HGH could in fact accelerate aging and shorten lifespan. It is associated with very high rates of serious adverse effects, and long-term use could increase one’s risk of cancer.”

According to Olshansky, “off-label use for many drugs is a normal and accepted practice in medicine, but that is not true for growth hormone. According to laws instituted by Congress more than 10 years ago, HGH can only be distributed for indications specifically authorized by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and aging and its related disorders are not among them. The use of HGH as an alleged anti-aging intervention is a major public health concern not just because it is illegal, but also because its provision for anti-aging is not supported by science and it is potentially harmful.”

It was remarked by Reisman that this study paper can prove its worth by creating enough awareness about legal issues surrounding improper distribution, marketing, and discouraging criminal practices in respect to growth hormone.

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Saturday at Pittsburgh, police arrested American professional wrestler Kurt Angle for harassment, violation of a protection order and illegal possession of a prohibited substance.

Angle was arrested by the police at a mall parking lot where he was found harassing his girlfriend who was inside a local coffee shop. According to her sworn statement, she earlier obtained a protection order, an hour and a half earlier, after they fought last Friday. However, Angle violated the protection order when he allegedly kept circling the parking lot and kept staring at her while she sat inside a coffee shop.

Police also discovered Hygetropin inside his car. According to Angle, the human growth hormone was obtained with a doctor’s prescription.

He faced multiple charges of harassment, violation of the order of protection, illegal possession of drugs and paraphernalia and driving under a suspended license. Because of this incident, he was a no show at the Total Nonstop Action event held at Orlando, Florida.

Angle is also an actor and a 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He joined World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1998 until 2006. After that, he joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He is the current TNA World Heavyweight Champion.

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MCKEES ROCKS, PA — Pro wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle has been arrested on charges of possessing a human growth hormone and violating an order of protection in suburban Pittsburgh.

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HGH, also known as Human Growth Hormone, is one of those drugs that can be termed as a safe and effective clinical form of treatment when used under qualified medical guidance. However, it may result in serious repercussions when it is abused.

Dr. Alan Rogol, who testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform Committee on behalf of The Endocrine Society, outlined the legitimate medical usage of human growth hormone and severe health consequences surrounding its abuse by sportsmen and celebrities, and individuals who try to find good ways to combat the effects of aging.

From News-Medical.Net:

“There are a number of safe and legitimate FDA-approved uses of growth hormone in adults and children,” said Dr. Rogol. “The off-label use of growth hormone, which primarily is in the anti-aging and body image or athletic market, comes with increased risks.”

One risk factor is that most off-label users are usually unaware of the correct doses. “One can assume that the dose administered would be much greater than that given for legitimate purposes,” said Dr. Rogol.

At higher HGH dosages, it is possible to achieve levels similar to those found in the endocrine disease acromegaly, which is caused by too much growth hormone in the body. This condition can lead to severe muscle weakness and even heart disease.

According to Dr. Rogol, perhaps the most insidious off-label use is by athletes and others who believe they are using actual growth hormone, when in fact they may be receiving an entirely different substance.

“Magazines and the internet are replete with advertisements for substances marketed as ‘growth hormone’,” said Dr. Rogol. “Growth hormone, however, can only work if injected, and many of these preparations are taken orally, so they cannot possibly be HGH.”

Dr. Rogol said that growth hormone that is made from human tissue has significantly been removed from the drug market because of the rare yet fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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The seven-time Cy Young Award, Roger Clemens contradicted the issue that his former personal trainer Brian McNamee administered him performance-enhancing drugs. He pointed out that McNamee never injected HGH or steroids on him, contrary to what the former trainer told baseball investigator George Mitchell.

Roger Clemens told the media that he would not use steroids because their family has a history on heart conditions.

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Roger Clemens broke his silence Tuesday, again denying that former personal trainer Brian McNamee injected him with performance-enhancing drugs in his first public comments in more than a year.

The seven-time Cy Young Award winner was interviewed by phone on ESPN Radio’s “Mike & Mike in the Morning.” He said he chose to speak out Tuesday because it was the official release date of a book about his alleged drug use.

“He’s never injected me with HGH or steroids,” Clemens said of McNamee, who told baseball investigator George Mitchell he had injected Clemens with drugs.

“American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime,” by four New York Daily News reporters, recaps previous reports in the newspaper. It had been available to reviewers and had excerpts published before Tuesday.

Clemens said he had given a DNA sample to federal investigators but that syringes provided by McNamee would not link him to performance-enhancing drug use.

Clemens is under investigation by a federal grand jury in Washington that is trying to determine whether he lied when he told a congressional committee last year that he had not used illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

Clemens had previously denied the allegations on steroids last year, and had filed a defamation charge on McNamee. He chose to speak out last Tuesday since it was the release date of a book about his alleged steroid use.

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