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"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."

"The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has remarked that the credibility of track and field's anti-doping program has been "enhanced, not diminished" after sprinters Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell tested positive for banned substances. "I am not now - nor have I ever been - a cheat," Powell posted on Twitter. Olympic gold medalist Sherone Simpson, who tested positive for the same stimulant oxilofrine, said she "would not intentionally take an illegal substance of any form into my system.""

"According to a new study, children who drink soda tend to score slightly higher on scales that measure aggressive behavior than kids who don't drink the carbonated beverages. It was cautioned by the study's lead author that the increase may not be noticeable for individual children and the researchers cannot prove soda caused the bad behaviors."