About time to give animals their rights, right?
Animal – what comes to your mind when you hear this word? Perhaps something furry, something feathery, something slimy, something with a beak or lots of sharp teeth, - right? I am sure this what comes to almost everyone’s mind when they think “Animal”. However, do you think o....

Anabolic Steroids
Steroids might be the most use drug on the planet. The reason for this is that basically most athletes use them to enhance their muscles. There are two types of Steroids, one being Anabolic Steroids, and the other being Androgenic Steroids. Two different steroids with one basic outcome. Basically....

Anabolic Steroids and Their Effects on Lean Muscle Mass
Anabolic steroids, or more precisely, anabolic/androgenic steroids, are synthetic derivatives of the natural occurring male hormone testosterone; anabolic meaning growing or building and androgenic meaning masculinizing or generating male sexual characteristics. Most healthy males produce be....

Anabolic Steroids: A Panacea Or A Murderer?
Anabolic Steroids: A Panacea Or A Murderer? Hey, its good to see you back at this high school reunion. Joey! How have you been doing? Not too well, I have to get a liver transplant. Why? I took steroids Oh wellMark! I havent seen you since the senior p....

Anabolis Steroids and Athletes
Anabolic Steroids: And Athletes Anabolic steroid abuse has become a national concern among many athletes. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of athletes using these performance enhancing drugs. Even though anabolic steroids have been found to increase muscle tissue, they can caus....

Andro
Testosterone supplements help to build muscle and recover from injury. Most people taking the drug are looking for a faster way and better way to improve strength and endurance. Many athletes are forced to take supplements in order to stay competitive. Boston Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn said, "Anythin....

Are Drugs Taking Away the Excitement in Sports?
Are Drugs Taking Away the Excitement in Sports? A few weeks ago, I found myself watching the Jay Leno Tonight Sshow with Chris Rock as the guest. They were talking about the war and other controversial type things and Rock laughingly said, They arent even concerned where Osama Bin Lad....

asteroids
In our solar system today there are over 30 000 asteroids flying around in all directions colliding with other asteroids and planets not caring about the destruction they might convey. Our planet Earth is caught right in the middle of all of this action and is liable to entire extinction of any lif....

Asteroids
Asteroids are referred to as minor planets. They can range in size from about 1000 km down to the size of small rocks (Hamilton). Asteroids are mainly made up of rocks and metallic objects. They orbit the sun the same as planets do, but are too small to be considered planets. The following paper....

Astronomy - Cosmic Impacts
There are billions of comets and asteroids that fill our solar system and throughout the history of our planet the Earth has been impacted by numerous of them. Although this is not a threat that we tend to worry about on an every day basis, the effects of a large cosmic projectile hitting the Earth....

Atlantis: Fact or Conjecture?
Very little is known about Atlantis. There have been stories that the Atlanteans had vehicles capable of war and flight and were able to do medical miracles. But the only reliable source we have of this lost continent is from Timaeus and Critias, written by Plato over two thousand years ago. In P....

Balco - Disturbing and Dangerous
Its not even cheating because everyone is doing it now, it has become the norm. This quote is from the infamous 20/20 interview, in which Mr. Victor Conte unleashed his mind-blowing thoughts about the use and general beliefs about steroids and performance enhancing drugs in sports (20/20 inte....

Barbie's Popularity and Influence on Body Image
Since 1959 Barbies have been in the hands and homes of young girls just wanting to play. These girls did not realize it at the time, but over the years the Barbie doll has influenced a certain body type among females. Her slender figure, long flowing hair, and (of course) multitude of careers put ....

Barry Bonds
The greatest homerun hitters are as rare as great scientists, artists, or even great composers. Since 1972, Hank Aaron has held the prestigious award of most homeruns in ones career. Records are meant to be broken and there is no evidence that steroid use has altered home run hitting and those who a....

Cause & Effect of Anabolic Steroids
There has been much talk recently of the return of anabolic steroids in sports, most notably in baseball. The talk of steroid use in baseball is focused mainly on the fact that all the records, most noticeable in the homerun stats, are possibly being broken unfairly. My focus ....

Cheating
The dictionary defines cheating as to act dishonestly or to violate rules deliberately. Cheating is becoming more and more social than ever in this day and age. It is becoming something which is not thought about but just acted upon without thinking if it is wrong or right. Cheating has many diff....

Cheating with Steriods
I would never trust a person who said that a player taking steroids wasn't cheating. With the growing "black plague of sports" and how it affects everyone, anyone who thinks it is okay to take steroids has either taken them or has some very serious moral issues, either way I wouldn't trus....

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Acute Care Ms. A. McCray July 13, 2007 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, refers to a group of diseases that cause airflow blockage and breathing-related problems. It includes emphysema and chronic bronc....

Consequences of Steroids in Sports
Steroids are drugs athletes often use in sports to enhance their athletic performance. They are illegal unless prescribed by doctors, and often produce harmful effects. Though steroids can be beneficial to athletic success, they can be just as harmful. Major League Baseball, plagued with several c....

Criticism in Barry's World
The greatest homerun hitters are as rare as great scientists, artists, or even great composers. Since 1972, Hank Aaron has held the prestigious award of most homeruns in ones career. Records are meant to be broken and there is no evidence that steroid use has altered home run hitting an....

Drug in sports
Drugs in sports can cost a player his or her scholarship(s) and more seriously, their lives. Everyday athletes that you may not think are doing anabolic steroids or the human growth hormone are the athletes who are the big users. 1. There are three major performance enhancing drugs that are used by ....

Drug Testing In High Schools
Matt, a high school football player, was scheduled to play linebacker in a Friday night game, but a few days before Matt was hanging out at his buddies and started smoking marijuana. Thursday, before the game, Matt was chosen to take a drug test. His coach approached him saying Matt could not play....

drugs and atheletes
You read it in the newspapers and you see it on the news, many athletes are taking drugs to get stronger, to work harder, run longer, or to have fun in the off season. A few examples are Barry Bonds and his homerun record, or Randy Moss and his partying. A lot of athletes use steroids, which are ....

Drugs in Sports
Drugs in sports can cost a player his or her scholarship(s) and more seriously, their lives. Everyday athletes that you may not think are doing anabolic steroids or the human growth hormone are the athletes who are the big users. 1. There are three major performance enhancing drugs that are used by ....

drugs in sports
Sports And Drugs The Sports World Should be Drug Free This article was derived on the question: Why the sports world should be drug free? Barry McCaffreys answer to this question is based on a simple assumption that drug usage in sports has a direct impact on children which will ultimately ....

effects of steroids
Effects of Steroids Athletes, whether young or old, professional or amateur, are always looking to gain an advantage over their opponents. Currently there are more than 100 different types of anabolic steroids in the market. Most of the time when steroids are being mentioned they are brought up as....

Genetics Technical
Body altering drugs are a lame excuse for not working out. People in todays society are always trying to find the easy way out and are never willing to give a good half hour a day to change their body. Weight loss piles and steroids are usually going to work, otherwise they woul....

History of Steroids
Steroids, specifically anabolic steroids are performance enhancers that help athletes and faster and stronger much faster than doing it all on your own. Steroids came about in the 1800s by a scientist who was looking for a cure for aging. The scientist tested animals by injecting ....

Juvenile Dermatomyositis
Juvenile Dermatomyositis also known as JDM is a disease that causes muscle weakness and a skin rash. Juvenile Dermatomyositis is a disease that is found only in children under the age of eighteen. This disease affects 3,000 to 5,000 children in the United States. There is still no cure for this dise....

Marijuana Should be legalized
Since marijuana's first recorded use dating back five thousand years ago, it has never gained much popularity until the last century with prohibition and antiwar movements. Now, more than ever, propositions to legalize the plant have risen and been subject to controversy and heated debate. Marijuana....

Negative Effects of Steroids on Athletes
Negative Effects 2 Negative Effects of Steroids on Athletes Introduction My research paper will discuss the negative effects of steroids on male and female athletes. I will structure my topic by elaborating on the negative effects of steroid usage in four major categories: physical effects, ps....

Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports When involved in sports, you have to be competitive. You need to win more than anybody else. However, athletes are taking winning to the extreme. As the use of performance enhancing drugs is becoming more popular amongst athletes, many of them do not underst....

Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports James Passmore, Jr. Western International University COM110, Effective Persuasive Writing Ahmad Jarrar April 9, 2006 When was the last time you experienced the joy of going to a baseball game or a football game or a....

Performance-Enhancing Drugs In Sports
Performance-Enhancing Drugs: Steroids in Sports Penny Starnes Western International University COM110 - Effective Persuasive Writing Instructor: Amy Zalimas April 7, 2005 Performance-Enhancing Drugs: Steroids in Sports Sitting here, at my sons little league baseball game;....

Positive Effects of Performance enhancing Drugs
Positive effects of Performance Enhancing Drugs ....

Random Drug Testing
Random Drug Testing in High School Sports is wrong! I dont agree with random drug testing in high school sports for many reasons. It is unconstitutional, it has been proven not to help, and there is no need for it. Although I see the outside argument, I still believe it is wrong. My op....

Role Models
Role Models Wanted Role models are people who serve as an example of positive behaviors, values, and attitudes associated with a role. According to The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy role models can also be people who distinguish themselves in such a way that others admire and want to imitat....

Shadow of the game: steroids in baseball
Is it fair to Americas greatest pastime players of Major League Baseball to have their clean records broken by todays players who cheat the game by using steroids? In todays game there are test to try catching players who use steroids but there are ways getting those test by other substan....

Social Psychology
Social psychology is an in-depth analysis of group dynamics, focusing on individual responses based on the presence of real or imagined peer influences (Allport, 1985). Conformity has been a pressing issue in the study of social psychology, first presented in 1936 with Muzafer Sherifs autokinetic ....

Solar System
Humans live on a small planet in a tiny part of a vast universe. This part of the universe is called the solar system, and is dominated by a single brilliant star-the sun. The solar system is the earth’s neighbourhood and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and P....

sports and drugs
The Use of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports Is the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports dangerous? To what degree do these drugs really enhance strength, size, training ability, and muscular performance? Not only are the answers to these questions still unclear, they are the subjects of....

steriods
Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone has been charged with importing a banned human growth hormone in Australia.() This is just one of many articles you may have read about in the news recently. Another steroid scandal you may have heard about is the Barry Bonds and BALCO (Bay Area Laboratory Co-op....

Steriods
in today's society there's so many controversial issues that can be argued back an froth to a tee. so when asked to come up with a controversial issue the steroids came to mind especially being a young athlete it can be a very sticky issue at times. to just be point blank on the issue of steroids I ....

Steriods in baseball
Abusers in Americas Past-time Major League Baseballs (MLB) commissioners are debating about the anabolic steroids situation that is occurring in professional baseball today. Too many professionals are getting accused of using the harmful drug. Professional baseball players are getting test....

Steroids
In the past three decades, steroids has been becoming a serious problem more than ever in the athletic field. Steroids are anabolic drug "to build" growth hormones that include the androgens (male sex hormones) principally testosterone and estrogen and progestogens (female sex hormones). Steroids we....

Steroids
In the world of sports it is not rare to see athletes give their heart and soul for the love of the game. From sunrise to sundown they practice everyday to perfect their game. Then there are those who take an alternative route. Now athletes are taking performance enhancers such as creatine, andr....

Steroids
In the past three decades, steroids have been becoming a serious problem more than ever in the athletic field, and every year younger and younger kids want to improve their bodies through the use of steroids. Even though steroids have real bad side effects, which can physically deteriorate and menta....

steroids
Sports has always been an extremely competitive object in every athletes life. Hard work, determination and dedication have always been the mottos for athletes in any sport. Athletes spend hours every day training in the gym just to build the perfect body. When an athlete becomes....

Steroids
Steroids are mainly used to improve athletic performance and are sometimes used for medical purposes. Steroids are very addictive and can cause very serious physical and psychological side effects. There are laws and penalties against anabolic steroids because of the unfair advantage and dangerous....

steroids
Ninety percent of the athletes I know are on the stuff. A scary quote from former American SuperBowl hero, Lyle Alzado. Anabolic steroids are becoming more popular as this day gets older, professional athletes are using, denying, and getting off with a slap on the wrists. Anabolic steroids is....

Steroids and Sports
Steroids and Sports The use of steroids to gain muscle mass is quick and effective, but has some very serious and permanent effects as well. Steroid use is becoming more common than most people think. Weight lifters and other athletes use them to gain muscle mass and strength at a quick rate. Man....

steroids and sports
Steroids Coaches, as well as athletes, know what's going on but are often powerless to stop the use of performance enhancers. Some, in fact, are willing to turn a blind eye. This is happening in sports every day; steroids passed on from the older more experienced football players to the new ....

Steroids in Sports
For the past few years, steroids in sports is becoming a familiarity across the United States and even the World. Up until about last year, steroids went relatively unnoticed. None of the professional leagues tested for steroids and the only event in which people were tested for steroid usage was in....

Steroids in sports
As of late the increasing use of steroids in professional sport leagues across the United States has created an uproar among congress and the government. Recent controversies involving popular baseball players have opened Americas eyes to a problem that was always there but never talked about nati....

Steroids in Sports
Steroids in Sports By David Hedges Table of Contents Table of Contents..ii Intro...1,2 Background...3,4 Conclusion5 Professional athletes get an unfair advantage by using steroids. Athletes should be banned f....

Steroids in Sports
The presence of drugs in sport is a worldwide issue. The World Anti Doping Agency is working hard to come up with a plan that will see all sports and all countries accept it. There is nothing new about doping in sport. Even the Ancient Greeks used drugs and herbs from natural plants to help their en....

Steroids: Athleticism in a Syringe
The night is cold, but the buzz of excitement warms the air. Barry Bonds, outfielder for the San Francisco Giants, steps up to the plate. Chan Ho Park, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, knows what is at stake. The pitcher sets, and releases the baseball. The crowd holds its breath as the um....

Steroids: The Strength of Refusal
The risks some student athletes go through to become the best they can be are pretty fascinating. Whether it is devoting countless hours in the gym, drinking god-awful fitness drinks, or even using steroids, people don't seem to care what happens as long as they get the results they want right away.....

Title IX
Title IX is a 1972 amendment that prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions that receive any federal funds (Kocher, 1). While womens participation in sports in going up, mens participation is being cut drastically by Title IX. I think this amendment needs to be reformed very soon ....

Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Justin E. Daniels Axia College, University of Phoenix Com120 Jennifer Leary Due January 28, 2007 Professional sports have come under fire in the last few years with the onslaught of doping scandals. The National Fo....

When Weight Control Goes Out of Control
The youth of today are involved in many sports and although this may seem like a great aspect to their lives, the competitiveness of sports can sometimes play a negative role. Frequent over-emphasis on winning in sports is very common in many of the sports activities played by the youth of today ....

Woman Athletes in media
Woman athletes in media Extensive research shows that, even at its best, media coverage of women athletes tends to be ambivalent. It juxtaposes positive descriptions and images with descriptions that undermine women's efforts and success within sports. My analysis of the media and how it portrays w....

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