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"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."

"Tezdzhan Naimova, a Bulgarian sprinter of Turkish descent who specializes in the 60, 100, and 200 metres, has been banned for life. This was after she tested positive for the banned steroid drostanolone, the Bulgarian athletics federation said."

"The International Wrestling Federation has announced that Iran's world champion Amir Aziz Ali Akbari, who won the 120 kg-weight class title in September in Hungary, has been banned for life after a second doping offense."

"Tour de France 2013 winner Chris Froome has remarked that drug cheats in cycling should be given life bans. The Team Sky rider believes harsher sanctions still need to be handed down to anyone testing positive for drugs and remarked the sport has now moved on from past scandals."

"Men who exercise vigorously as young adults may reduce their risk of developing epilepsy later in life, according to a new research. The study is published in the September 4, 2013, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology."

"Former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca has been banned from cycling for life after a third doping offence, an Italian Olympic Committee tribunal ruled on Thursday."

"Anti-doping prosecutor of the Italian Olympic Committee has requested a life ban for former Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca following third career offense of the cyclist. Prosecutor Tammaro Maiello made this request and the case will now be decided by CONI's anti-doping court."

"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."

"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."

"A first major offence currently carries a two-year ban, with athletes banned for life if they test positive again. The new code, which comes into effect from 1 January 2015, means offenders will miss at least one Olympic Games."

"BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong eventually confessed to his long time use of banned drugs while more high-profile doping scandals hit the headlines from time to time. Armstrong, stripped of seven Tour de France titles and banned for life last year, had denied any wrong-doping until January this year when he confessed to use of EPO, human growth hormone and steroids in the Oprah talk show."

"According to an updated systematic review published in The Cochrane Library, exercise could be of great help to people suffering from depression. Authors of the review found evidence suggesting that symptoms of depression are reduced by exercises, although they say more high quality trials are needed."