Performance-enhancers pose dilemma for rule-makers

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The legal debate over the legitimate and illegitimate use of performance enhancing substances to overcome human constraints has assumed gravity as sports authorities seek a ban on drug taking. While the International Olympic Committee has prohibited the use of harmful drugs, such as anabolic steroids, their disguised intake in a non-chemical form is widespread. Many banned items feature as remedies for common ailments and are readily available at drugstores. Equally problematic are ways of boosting performance through the legitimate use of stimulants, such as creatine, in concentrated form.

Analysis, Drugs, Laws, regulations and rules, Complications and side effects, Drugs and athletes, International Olympic Committee, Adverse drug reactions

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Cancer link to power cables 'exaggerated,' say critics

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A research study on the relation between power lines and cancer has become a controversial issue due to its publicity by the Medical Research Council and a television program. The original research paper suggests links between electromagnetic fields and cancer. It makes no claims on a direct relationship between cancer and power cables. According to critics, the publicity of the study results is oversimplified and against the established scientific data.

Health aspects, Social aspects, Research, Electromagnetic fields, Cancer research, Cancer, Publicity, Power lines

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Asian states link to popularize science

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Some south Asian states are hoping to raise public awareness of science by pooling their ideas. The countries include India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and there are plans to hold an annual regional science festival, create a student exchange programme and establish a journal of science and development communication. This follows a meeting in Islamabad organized by the Pakistan Science Foundation and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.

Science and technology policy, Asia

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