Alice Dreger

The safety argument against steroids may be a good one, but let's be honest. It isn't the one that motivates most officials and fans to frown on steroids. Steroid use does not just seem risky or unnatural, it seems to disrupt the level playing field.

American Scientist

Jose Canseco

Because I tried to everything possible to become the best player in the world? Do I believe steroids and growth hormones helped me achieve that? Yes. Were there a lot of other players doing it that I had to compete against? Yes.

Cuban Athlete

Wanderlei Silva

I'm against all types of drugs and steroids, but the athlete has the right to have a private life. He has to be clean on the day of the competition. Out of competition, that's his life.

Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist

Preet Bharara

In some respects, inside information is a form of financial steroid. It is unfair: it is offensive; it is unlawful; and it puts a black mark on the entire enterprise.

American Public Servant

Jim Bunning

The perception is that baseball's players' union is protecting players to use steroids and other illegal performance-enhancing drugs.

American Politician

Babu Antony

I have never taken supplements or steroids in my life and the only luxury I allow myself is tea.

Indian Actor

Nate Diaz

I never did steroids in my life. I know all the fighters; they are all on steroids.

American Athlete

Mark McGwire

My message is that steroids is bad. Don't do them. It's a bad message.

Lawrence Taylor

Steroids are for guys who want to cheat opponents.

Rafael Palmeiro

Used mainly in healthcare settings or discussing medical treatments for various conditions.

Medical Context

Naturally occurring steroids in the body are involved in stress responses and immune system functions.

Body Functions

Steroids can reduce swelling, redness, and pain in various medical conditions.

Anti-Inflammatory

Steroid use can lead to controversies in sports and is often associated with cheating.

Sports Scandals

Most athletic organizations prohibit steroid use for performance enhancement.

Ban in Sports

Without a prescription, using steroids is illegal and has serious legal consequences.

Illegal Connotation

 I am going to tell you how I do it, and the most important thing I've learned. So I go on television. I debate people who literally want to obliterate everything I believe in -- in some cases, who don't want me and people like me to even exist. It's sort of like Thanksgiving with your conservative uncle on steroids,

Let's try emotional...

 we don't think holistically, we don't think of the relationships that are in our lives, that are affecting our lives. And as a result, we're careless, we're polluting the environment, we're messing it up. I mean, on steroids, I mean, the world is really in trouble at this particular point.

How a geospatial nervous...

 and my mind was blown. With the power of supercomputing, which is basically thousands of connected PCs on steroids, we were able to uncover the complexities of influenza and hepatitis C. And it was during this time that I saw the power of using computers and biology combined, for humanity.

How we're using DNA tech...

 based on her age, gender and height. So the doctor sees this difference between the yellow bar and the blue bar, and he says, "Wow, we need to give her steroids, medication and inhalers." But I want everyone here to reimagine a world where instead of prescribing steroids,

Award-winning teen-age...

 under a water bath not a pleasant experience but then again the venom the venom in you eyes thought of his and experience either so the importance was just to flush it out and then very very strong eye drops with some steroids in him definitely did the job and a little

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 and anabolic, or growth-promoting. These effects mimic naturally-occurring testosterone, which drives the development and maintenance of male secondary sex characteristics and general growth in everyone. That means testosterone and the synthetic steroids based on it

How do steroids affect...

 In fact, our bodies make steroids out of cholesterol. That fatty cholesterol base means that steroids are able to cross fatty cell membranes and enter cells. Within the cell, they can directly influence gene expression and protein synthesis.

Can steroids save your...

 so what can you do about it? Medications can help reduce the symptoms. The most common ones keep histamines from binding to your cells. These antihistamines stop the inflammation response. Steroids can help dial down the immune system.

Why do people have...

 I worry about Jeff's longevity. His heart actually hasn't bounced back to normal. And the longer we see it, that sort of suggests that something permanent has happened there. And if he started taking steroids again? Not a good idea.

The Side Effects of...

 banned neural enhancement the way we ban performance-enhancing steroids today or conversely is there a future in which neural enhancement