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What Are the Benefits of Steroids for Athletes?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Bryan Myers

Scandals involving steroid use by sports figures are frequent--athletes appear willing to risk their health, employment, and freedom to gain an “edge” on the competition. Such risk is not surprising given the large financial rewards often involved.

Dr. Bryan Myers writes wellness articles as a social activist working from a scientific perspective. Extensively trained in nutrition and fitness, he has presented his theories and research in medical journals. Dr. Myers has also written hundreds of health articles as a science journalist. He has degrees in experimental psychology from the University of Toledo and in behavioral neuroscience from Bowling Green State University. Dr. Myers now works as a clinical exercise physiologist in Ann Arbor.