Replacement for Rimonabant »
Rimonabant (tradename Acomplia) is a cannabinoid inverse agonist released by pharmaceutical giant, Sanofi-Aventis. The first of its kind, the drug was released around 2006, but was pulled from the market early last year due to the side effects it came with no longer being classed as worth it. With side effects being reported including depression [...]
Bulbine Natalensis displays anabolic and androgenic characteristics »
Anabolic and androgenic activities of Bulbine natalensis stem in male Wistar rats
Yakubu, Musa T.; Afolayan, Anthony J.
Pharmaceutical Biology (Formerly International Journal of Pharmacognosy), Volume 48, Number 5, May 2010 , pp. 568-576(9)
Abstract:
Aqueous extract of Bulbine natalensis Baker [...]
Belly button altitude linked to success in sport »
While most scientists have avoided “the race issue” in athletics, ostensibly to avoid racism, there are undeniable examples of different races dominating particular sports; Blacks* in distance running, Whites* in swimming, and numerous other examples (*or whatever the politically correct term for these races happens to be at the moment).
A recent study examined anthropomorphic characteristics [...]
Spiral of Denial author interviewed on doping in football »
Q1. With your knowledge about the game and drugs: How extensive is the use of HGH in the NFL?
Matt Chaney, Author of Spiral of Denial: I believe use of recombinant hGHis a widespread problem in the NFL,
impacting competition. Recently, Tampa Bay Bucs running back Earnest
Graham estimated 30 percent of NFL [...]
English doctors are homeophobic »
Last month, delegates to the British Medical Association’s conference opposed the use of public money to pay for homeopathic remedies, claiming they have “no place in the modern health service,”and saying that it goes against the principles of evidence-based medicine. They want homoeopathic remedies to be banned from [...]
Performance enhancing drugs for scientists »
Recently, Chris Good, of The Atlantic, has argued that scientists ought to be given performance enhancing drugs; not anabolic steroids, mind you, but rather, cognition enhancing drugs that are currently off-limits due to legality. Hallucinogens (LSD, for creativity), stimulants (Ritalin, for example, to help with focus), and other medications could conceivably be used by scientists [...]
ZMA: sucked then, sucks now »
ZMA, otherwise known as Zinc Magnesium Aspartate, was the brainchild of Victor Conte, who originally pimped his zinc product as a cure for acne, but later touted its benefits to athletes as a testosterone booster. He even cited a study showing that the stuff boosts testosterone.
One problem: Victor was one of the authors of the [...]
The world is upside down: male contraceptive pill and female sex drug »
Contraception for woman has been available for decades, and comes in quite a few forms – the pill, the patch, and the coil to name a few. And while some moronic, foolish men who are of the belief that contraception “is her problem”, there has been discussion of a male contraceptive pill for some time [...]
Health Liability will make or break Football »
By 2008, I was impressed American football continued to get away with butchery, even killing. Like me, many former players saw through the football mythology, understood The Spectacle, the power of denial for issues that impacted the health of athletes. Popular sentiment held football as essential for American life, right? [...]
NFL players and head injuries – an update »
I have written previous articles about concussions in sports and specifically about how head trauma may have affected Steelers’ quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. A brand new news report on ESPN claims that Cincinnati Bengals wide-out Chris Henry who died in a tragic accident last year had “chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a form of degenerative brain [...]
