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"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has revealed that a product marketed as a vitamin B dietary supplement contains two potentially harmful anabolic steroids and should not be used by consumers. Healthy Life Chemistry By Purity First B-50 contains methasterone and dimethazine, according to laboratory analysis. The ingredients were not listed on the label and should not be present in a dietary supplement."

"Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI), the largest needle exchange service in the state, has reported a "dramatic increase" in the count of people, mainly men, who are injecting anabolic steroids."

"Nine Turkish track and field athletes have been banned after testing positive for anabolic steroids in the latest doping scandal to hit the campaign of Istanbul to win 2020 Olympics hosting rights."

"Bulgarian sprint champion Tezdzhan Naimova was banned for life and ordered to hand back her 2013 European gold medal after failing a dope test, the Bulgarian athletics federation said Tuesday. Naimova, 26, tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid Drostanolone at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg in March, where she won the 60m title."

"The Australian Racing Board recently announced a complete ban on the use of anabolic steroids in racehorses both in and out of training. This ban has puzzled Equine veterinarians and it seems like the board ignored a submission from Equine Veterinarians Australia on how the drug is used in racehorses."

"National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), a U.K. government body that provides guidance on health services, has urged gyms to offer needles to people who inject anabolic androgenic steroids. It also urged gyms to provide needles to those injecting tanning drugs so that the risk of contracting blood-borne viruses can be reduced."

"The 47-year-old admitted to seven charges at an inquiry after nine horses in his care tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid."

"Anabolic steroids should be banned from horseracing and this ban is fundamental to growth of the sport, says Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, chief executive officer of the Hong Kong Jockey Club."

"Months after a drug scandal in the UK highlighted anomalies in worldwide rules, anabolic steroids are to be banned in Australian horse racing. The Australian Racing Board (ARB) says its ban will take effect from 1 May 2014 and apply to all thoroughbreds from the age of six months."

"Doped athletes should be banned for life as using steroids for even just a short time could have permanent performance-enhancing effects, according to a new study. Several high profile athletes and celebs - such as Arnold Schwarzenegger - have admitted to using anabolic steroids to boost performance in sports and improve physical appearance."

"According to a new study, more than $1 million worth of heart attacks, strokes, and hospitalizations for other reasons were avoided by 1,000 Scotsmen aged in their 40s through 60s who had taken cholesterol-lowering statins for five years."