steroids, in medicine and sports

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The word steroid can start all types of discussions good and bad. Topics from the way this substance is abused in the sports world to the way it can help a child with asthma. Each side brings up a good point, both have their side effects and their benefits. In the medicine field the benefits outweigh the side effects and on the sports side the side effects shadow the benefits. Why is there such a …

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…helpful in the medical field in relieving asthma and other sickness. As long as you do not abuse it, steroids can help make your life a little easier. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Abramovitz, Melissa "Mixing medicine and Diabetes." Countdown Summer 95 Anabolic Steroids. www.pinehurst.com "A Big Leap Forward in AIDS Research." U.S. News and World Report 26 November 1990 "Finishing FIrst." Men's Health March/April 1992 Gorman, Christine "The Breath of Life." New England Journal of Medicine 23 October 2000