“We were very transparent about all of this and the biggest reason was because we want to make sure people have a chance to do their own research,” Kogan explained to MMAWeekly.

From Fightline.com:

Lawal tested positive for anabolic steroid, Drostanolone after his Strikeforce victory over Lorenz Larkin earlier in January, prompting Kogan to speak out about the unusual circumstances surrounding the incident.

According to Kogan, Lawal was taking a commercial supplement called S-Mass Lean which contained the banned substance—something the pair claims to have been unaware of. The longtime manager calls for better regulation of supplements and increased awareness to prevent similar instances.

“The problem is that these materials and this research and information usually becomes available retroactively, not proactively, not ahead of time,” said Kogan. “Can this be prevented? Yes, it can be prevented by regulation through the FDA. But then they have to take on the big lobbying group of the nutrition companies.”

Representatives for the companies DCD, LLC, also known as Advanced Muscle Science, and R & D Holdings pleaded guilty to charges.

From Idahostatesman.com:

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill fined DCD, LLC $125,000 and R & D Holdings $21,000 — which is close to the gross revenue the companies generated from selling the fake supplements to the Meridian company and retailers in other states, according to U.S. Department of Justice reports.

Winmill also placed DCD, LLC on probation and is requiring that company to implement a testing protocol for its products to ensure future products sold as dietary supplements do not contain steroids for five years.

Prosecutors say R & D Holdings no longer manufactures supplements and is banned from doing so for the next two years as part of their probation.

According to court records, DCD, LLC is a Nevada-based corporation with offices in California and Michigan and R & D Holdings was located in southern California.

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The legitimacy of Cyborg’s bulky frame has been questioned for years but this is the first time an official testing has confirmed those suspicions.

From Mmaboom.com:

Along with her suspension, Cris “Cyborg” Santos will face a $2,500 fine and her bout with Hiroko Yamanaka will be retroactively changed to a No Decision (NC). With Santos currently out of the women’s MMA picture, there are early concerns that the Strikeforce 145 lb women’s division may be in big trouble moving forward. With all the best female fighters at 135, and Santos now gone, it wouldn’t be shocking to see the two divisions merged or purged in some fashion in the near future.

As it would happen, the recent confirmation of Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate now makes that contest the biggest match possible in women’s MMA, although that’s a bit of a bittersweet recognition under the circumstances.

The news has once again brought the relationship between steroids and professional sports to the limelight.

Gregory Jason Merrilees briefly faced the ACT Magistrates Court after being arrested on Thursday night following the search.

From Canberratimes.com.au:

Police allege they found 8g of suspected cocaine, 100 tablets believed to be MDMA or ”ecstasy” and three vials of steroids.

Merrilees’ lawyer told the court her client was already on bail over serious alleged offences which carry a maximum penalty of five years or more. Under territory law a person accused of committing further crimes while on bail for a serious offence has to show special or exceptional circumstances to justify their release on bail again. Merrilees was remanded in custody.

The 39-year-old was formally charged with unlawful possession of property, cocaine trafficking, possessing anabolic steroids, and is also facing a charge of driving while disqualified.

A long time Pittsburgh sports scribe, the Capitals center isn’t what he used to be because he is off the juice, according to the Pennsylvania Observer-Reporter’s John Steigerwald.

From Wtop.com:

The guy was superhuman when he first came into the league. He had the hardest shot anybody had seen in years. Goalies around the league talked about how it was different from everybody else’s shot.

He’s taking about half as many shots as he used to.

Is any of this proof that Ovechkin’s performance was enhanced before, and now it’s not? No. But, you combine it with the fact that his doctor was charged with bringing PEDs over the border from Canada, and it gives you the right to be suspicious.

Add to that the fact a Washington D.C. chiropractor was investigated after he bragged about supplying steroids to members of the Capitals and Washington Nationals.

The chiropractor Stigerwald refers to is Douglas Nagel, who was arrested in 2010 for buying anabolic steroids from a Florida dealer.

In December 2010, Patrick Hyland and his estranged wife Hyacinth were both jailed at Chelmsford Crown Court.

From Chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk:

During the trial Patrick Hyland was described as the chief executive of the smuggling operation, while his wife was involved in the organisation when he was abroad sourcing and buying anabolic steroids.

Patrick Hyland was sentenced to 54 months and Hyacinth Hyland, of Little Waltham, near Chelmsford, was handed a two year sentence.

At a Proceeds of Crime Confiscation hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court this week (December 6 and 7) Patrick Hyland, 49, of Great Saling, was found to have accrued a criminal benefit of £5,142,110.

“The defendants will have to make considerable payments in line with the confiscation orders and if not they face additional time in custody, this clearly highlights to those involved criminality that crime really does not pay and we will continue to use this dynamic legislation to hammer home that principle,” Det Chief Insp Keith Davies, head of the Kent and Essex Police serious economic crime unit, said.

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and New South Wales police confirmed that they are investigating an alleged drug-dealing ring operating out of Garden Island, the Navy’s main base in eastern Australia.

From Nzherald.co.nz:

Defence authorities said “a range of substances”, including steroids, had been seized during a raid.

Dozens of sailors may have been involved in the trafficking ring, according to the Australian, which quoted an unnamed source as saying that drugs had been sold to young tourists.

Garden Island – used for naval activities for more than 200 years – lies just north of Kings Cross, Sydney’s main nightlife district and the site of numerous backpacker hostels.

The allegations are the latest blow to the image of the Australian military, which revealed in June that nearly 600 personnel have tested positive for steroids and other illegal drugs in the past five years.

Brendan O’Connor, the federal Home Affairs Minister, said that the allegations were being “taken very seriously”.

MLB has apparently won out in its attempt to curb illicit use of human growth hormone (HGH) by its players, as per terms of the latest basic agreement between the parties.

From Sports-central.org:

The lockouts by both the NFL and NBA this year perhaps did not go by unnoticed by MLB brass in its seemingly under-the-radar collective bargaining talks with the MLBPA this past fall. MLB attempted to show up the other leagues’ rather unkempt labor relations.

And MLB Commissioner Bud Selig made it quite clear by way of his public display of self-aggrandizement during the week following a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was reached, that his is the first North American professional sports league to agree to such a test for HGH. And perhaps it was indeed Selig’s latest and greatest coup yet, in such a pronouncement, however yet to be realized.

The agreement will run five years in duration and expire on December 1, 2016. Article 39, Sec. 7 (b) of the NFL’s CBA states: “The parties confirm that the Program on Anabolic Steroids and related Substances will include both annual blood testing and random blood testing for human growth hormone, with discipline for positive tests at the same level as for steroids.”

According to a police spokesman, Scott Hutchings, 41, of Bell Island and Jocelyn Dunn, 26, from St. John’s have been charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine.

From Cbc.ca:

The action was part of Operation Longridge, a covert police investigation led by the OPP that targets outlaw motorcycle gangs, specifically the Hell’s Angels Kitchener chapter.

$50,000 in cash was seized from both suspects at the time of their arrest. Anabolic steroids and evidence of trafficking in steroids were also found and seized.

Police said more arrests have occurred in Ontario as part of the same operation. Hutchings and Dunn will appear in court in St. John’s on Monday.

The RCMP made the arrests on Friday in St. John’s.

“This is probably the most controversial topic in acute lung injury and ARDS,” Dr. Pastores of the department of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, said at the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians.

From Familypracticenews.com:

He went on to note that physicians should give steroids in conjunction with infection surveillance, “avoiding neuromuscular blockers if you can, and being concerned about the phenomenon of rebound inflammation if you stop steroids abruptly.”

Inhaled nitric oxide has also been studied as a nonventilatory strategy in ALI/ARDS. A Cochrane review of 13 randomized, controlled trials involving 1,303 patients found no significant effect with this approach in overall mortality, but did show a transient improvement in oxygenation in the first 24 hours. The review also found that inhaled nitric oxide had no significant effect on duration of ventilation, ventilator-free days, and ICU and hospital length of stay. An increased risk of renal impairment among adults was also noted (Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. 2010 Oct. 23 [doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002787.pub2]).

“An important piece of this study was that [the researchers] did regular infection surveillance with regular bronchoscopies, and they avoided the use of neuromuscular blockers,” said Dr. Pastores, who is also professor of medicine and anesthesiology at Cornell University in New York.