| Position: Home>Men Health> |
| Position: Home>Men Health> |
(HealthDay News) -- Steroids are an effective medication when properly prescribed by a physician to treat conditions like anemia or hormonal imbalances. But according to the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), steroids should never prescribed by a doctor to aid in building muscle tone.
Body builders or athletes may try using steroids illegally to help build muscle and improve performance. They may either inject the steroids or take them orally, and many will take more than one type of steroid at a time. Since steroids are hormones, they can throw the body's hormonal balance out of whack, causing men to develop breasts and women to grow facial hair.
Steroids can cause dangerous complications such as liver tumor growth and damage to the heart. People using steroids may also become very angry and violent, and may develop acne and hair loss.
Teens who abuse steroids before the typical adolescent growth spurt may inhibit future growth and never reach full adult height, the NIDA warns.
|
Top Stories
THURSDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- An unexpectedly high number of troops serving in I
MONDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Obese men with prostate cancer are less likely to be
THURSDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay) -- Does being a dad change a man's brain? The answer isn't
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Fewer Americans are dying from cancer, even while
FRIDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A new antidepressant drug designed specifically to t
Family of dead Israeli soldier can use his sperm Court grants parents the right to impre
|
|
Related
THURSDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay) -- Does being a dad change a man's brain? The answer isn't WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Fewer Americans are dying from cancer, even while MONDAY, June 26 (HealthDay News) -- Obese men with prostate cancer are less likely to be FRIDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A new antidepressant drug designed specifically to t
THURSDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- An unexpectedly high number of troops serving in I
Family of dead Israeli soldier can use his sperm Court grants parents the right to impre
Husband to get wife's kidney on Valentine's Day Dairy farmer who battled kidney disease
New device combs hair into your comb-over Laser brush boosts number of thick hairs on ba
|

LOOKING
FOR
ADVERTISEMENT
