Dangerous bodywork

Article Abstract:

Steroids should be taken only under strict medical supervision because of the risk of serious side effects and possible early death. The premature death of Olympic athlete Florence Griffith-Joyner in September 1998 has been blamed on steroid abuse, re-opening the issues surrounding the risks involved in taking steroids. Major side-effects produce breasts on men, while women become more masculine and develop extra body hair. Athletes should take steroids only under medical supervision and for short periods at a time.

Analysis, Drugs and athletes, Anabolic steroids, Joyner, Florence

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Meningitis: a village holds its breath

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Up to 300 children in the Derbyshire village of Ironville have been given a new meningitis vaccine as part a major campaign to discover the reason behind the village having a 100% higher rate of the disease than the national average. Two children have died in the village and another 7 children contracted the disease from 1997 to 1999. The Conjugate C meningococcal Vaccine will be given on a national basis from October 1999, and will give up to 5 years cover from meningitis for young people.

Prevention, Pediatric diseases, Meningitis, Vaccines

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