Boston Cop Charged With Distributing Steroids (WLBZ Bangor) A Boston police officer is facing federal charges of distributing anabolic steroids and committing perjury. The U.S. Attorney's office says 37-year-old Edgardo Rodriguez is named in a six count indictment that includes perjury before a federal grand jury.
Low-Dose Steroids Reduce Joint Damage From Rheumatoid Arthritis (Medical News Today) Low doses of steroids can inhibit joint damage when used in the early phase of rheumatoid arthritis, according to a new review of evidence.High-quality evidence supports combining the pills with standard medications in the first two years after diagnosis. [click link for full article]
Should All Texas Public Schools Test For Steroids (KLTV 7 Tyler) It's a proposal that could affect every high school student athlete in East Texas. Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst wants to make Texas students the cleanest athletes in the country by requiring all public schools to randomly test athletes for steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. Some local school districts believe the testing is just not necessary.
Bob Burnett: Dems on Steroids (HuffingtonPost) Will Rogers famously quipped: "I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat." For the past six years of the Bush Administration, this has been a common lament among Democratic loyalists. But the times they are a changing. The ferocious response of Democratic Senator Jim Webb to the President's lame State-of-the-Union address indicated that Dems have taken steroids, muscled up, and decided ...