Understanding Anabolic Steroid Use

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Product Description Anabolic steroid use is increasing among adolescents in the United States. Understanding Anabolic Steroid Use describes the current problem of anabolic steroid use and the intake of other illicit and controlled substances and athletic supplements by adolescent athletes. The DVD also details the benefits and risks of anabolic steroid use, the risk factors involved in such use among young athletes and how the marketing of steroid images focuses on only the benefits of steroids and downplays their potent and dangerous side effects.Among the topics covered: What are anabolic steroids? Steroid-use risk factors Why use anabolic steroids? Signs of use Side-effects of anabolic steroid use Media influences: targeting young athletes Sports Supplements Anabolic steroid Precursors The marketing of steroids About the Actor Linn Goldberg, M.D., FACSM, is a Professor of Medicine, and Head of the Division of Health Promotion and Sports Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Goldberg is the principal investigator of ATLAS, the first scientifically proven effective drug prevention program for male high school athletes, and co-principal investigator of ATHENA, a drug prevention and health promotion program for adolescent female athletes. He has over 160 medical publications, and has been an expert panelist for the United States Department of Education s Safe, Disciplined and Drug Free Schools, and is a Doping Control Officer for the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Dr. Goldberg conducts and performs research in establishing the scientific validity of programs to reduce drug use among athletes. See all Editorial Reviews