Posted on 05/01/2009 11:41:21 AM PDT by pissant
Alex Rodriguez wasn't the only player in the Yankee clubhouse who suffered from "man boobs," an embarrassing side effect of steroid use.
According to "American Icon," a book by the Daily News sports investigative team that will be released on May 12, Roger Clemens also sprouted breasts as a result of anabolic steroid use. The condition is called gynecomastia, and it occurs in men who use steroids because their bodies compensate for a surge of testosterone by increasing production of female hormones.
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Gynecomastia is a devasting condition for teen boys who are not on steroids, nor do anything else to cause the condition.
Please to not give Fox any ideas for new tv shows. :-]
Yeeeeeeeeeuuuuu! he got moobies !
They could use the Manzier or was it the Bro?
It can also be a result of chemotherapy, my hubby got it when he had kidney cancer.
My dad developed the condition after taking Tagament several years for his acid reflux.
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