[luckodeirish]

They are doing some research at City of Hope, looking at the number of men w/ a history of steroid use developing Hodgkins and Non Hodgkins Lymhoma more that the general population. Pretty much looking at guys who did more than 5 years of cycles no less than 10 years ago, so we may be seeing some of the long term effects.

[Zack Nguyen]

That is very interesting. I will be watching over the next 10-15 years as the current wave of track athletes retire. I wonder what sort of health problems they will have, as it is more or less understood that to reach the elite international level, drugs are a part of the program. Some athletes take more than others, but probably nearly everyone takes something. I am not sure that the human capacity to exists to fling yourself down a track at 30 m.p.h, or to train to do such a thing.

I have no proof for this, but I have always wondered about the untimely death of Florence Griffith-Joyner, and whether it was connected to past drug use. She set records in the 100 and 200 meters in 1988 that no one has approached since, nor will for many years. She made a sudden extreme drop in time, and then retired just as random drug testing began for track athletes. It is pretty obvious that she loaded herself up with everything but the kitchen sink, and ran times that a male would be very proud of. Then she died in her sleep a few years ago. Very sad.