More athletes are putting themselves at risk by using these drugs, it is important to know that anabolic steroids not only are illegal, but it also can have serious side effects. ... This helps them recover from some of the short-term side-effects, like testicle shrinking, breast development, and infertility. ... What leads to negative side effects? The biggest factor leading to negative side effects is misuse. ... The long-term physical side-effects are also dangerous; steroids can increase levels of bad cholesterol and decrease the good stuff, HDL, boosting the risk of hardened arteri...

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Anabolic steroids or anabolic-androgenic steroids are natural occurring hormones known as testosterone. ... Testosterone's natural androgenic side effects are male maturity, growth of body hair and deepening voice. The hormone's anabolic effects are retaining proteins which aids in the muscle building process. ... (Collins89) He complains that doctors exaggerate the side effects when they should be focusing in the cigarette or cocaine problem in this country. ... So if the health effects are so bad you would think that the government would not want to have the soldiers of our cou...

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A high controversy in baseball is that of steroids. ... The affect of steroids are truly unknown but one can only imagine what the steroids in fact have done to the quality of the game. ... Steroids affect the revenue of a team; if a player is under impression that he is on steroids, people may not buy his jersey number. ... Curt only thinks about 15 percent use steroids. ... Side effects can include heart and liver damage, endocrine-system imbalance, ele...

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