European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse To your health More teens turn to steroids by will Dunham United press International his lingering bad Case of acne shrinkage of the Testicles abnormal breast development and mood swings done to really concern Phil who at age 19 thinks four years of using anabolic steroids have been worthwhile. When he began taking the muscle building drugs As a 15-year-old, he quickly became bigger faster and stronger. As a High school Sophomore he bumped older competitors out of the starting lineup on the football team and two years later earned a College scholarship. He also reports that he is More popular with girls and More satisfied with his life. His Side effects Aren t very important Phil reasons and he has no plans to quit using the stuff. While several recent polls show use of Street drugs such As cocaine and marijuana dropping among american teen agers two new reports from the department of health and human services a a a a a a a detail an anomaly in adolescent drug use the increasing popularity of steroids. Phil one of 72 steroid users profiled in the has studies represents a fairly typical example of a teen steroid user from the happiness Over an improved physique to the denial of medical Side effects. Quot unfortunately its going to be a difficult task to slow Down this trend toward steroid use by kids Quot said or Mimi Johnson a Seattle based sports Medicine expert who has researched adolescent steroid use. Quot the scariest thing about this drug is that we just Don t know what a going to happen Down the Road Quot added Michigan state professor William Anderson a prominent steroids researcher. Quot Are you willing to invest one or two or four years of your life facing the possibility of losing 10 or 15 years or losing the Quality of life Down the Road Quot he asked. Quot that s really hard for a 15-year-old to see or a 20-year-old to see to put it into the larger picture. But that s All we can say. They know it works and we know it works. It s All a matter of As experts worry about an upturn in the use of steroids by american boys and girls Congress is considering legislation cracking Down on the muscle building drugs and coaches who encourage their use while the Bush administration is forming a task Force to examine the problem. Anabolic steroids Are a synthetic derivative of the male hormone testosterone and promote the growth of muscle bulk strength and stamina. They Are administered either in Pill form or by injection. Steroids Are Legal Only with a doctors prescription. The Side effects Range from mild to deadly. Among them Are heart and liver disease uncontrollable aggressiveness and mood shifts hair loss skin problems shrinkage of the Testicles sterility and other sexual changes in males growth of body and facial hair and lowering of the voice in females and growth stunting in adolescents. While the majority of teen steroid users take the drugs to improve their performance in sports experts Are seeing an increasing number of teens who Are using the drugs for vanity purposes. Quot the interesting thing is it s not just for athletes anymore Quot Anderson said. Quot you be got people who want to look big or look Good at the Beach which is kind of interesting considering it makes All your hair fall out and gives you zits All Over your backs the has studies revealed that 262,000 members of the High school class of 1989 a continued on Page 17 the scariest thing about about this drug is that we just Don t know what s going to happen Down the a William Anderson Michigan state professor and steroids Roseache Carbon monoxide linked to heart disturbances by Charles Seabrook Cox news service Carbon monoxide the Gas emitted by cigarettes car exhausts and factory smokestacks May cause potentially fatal heart rhythm disturbances even at Levels that occur in the air of Many american cities. Researchers say people with histories of heart disease joggers or others who exercise while exposed to High Levels of Carbon monoxide Are especially vulnerable. Quot it would be prudent for people to avoid doing exercise in areas where there Are High Levels of Carbon monoxide such As jogging along a Busy Street Quot said or. David s. Sheps a University of North Carolina cardiologist who led the study. He said millions of americans with undiagnosed heart defects May be endangering themselves unknowingly. An estimated 78 million americans live in cities that exceed the environmental Protection Agency a acceptable limit for Carbon monoxide a less than 9 parts per million during an eight hour period. Sheps said 46 patients with coronary artery disease did Light to moderate exercise a a such As peddling a stationary bicycle or running on a Treadmill a in a room Wilh varying Levels of Carbon monoxide similar to those found in Urban areas that exceed Federal standards the results reported in the current Issue of the annals of internal Medicine showed that the number and complexity of irregular heart beats Quot increased significantly after exercising during exposure to High Levels of Carbon monoxide. Irregular heart beats can cause sudden death. Even those whose City air meets Federal standards should be cautious. Or. Sandra m. Walden a cardiologist at Johns Hopkins University school of Medicine says the latest evidence suggests that even Quot tighter restrictions on automobile and Industrial emissions May be needed. Carbon monoxide is harmful because when inhaled it enters the bloodstream and disrupts the delivery of oxygen to the body a organs and answers to our most asked Page 16 what does the term a authorized unofficial mean that i see on the Flag of the stars and stripes the stars and stripes that s sometimes a confusing Issue but Here s the explanation. The european stars land stripes is an organization of the . European command. We have several missions which Are outlined in a department of defense directive and one of these missions is to publish a daily newspaper. Both the department of defense and the . European command recognize and support this Mission hence the term but what appears in the newspaper is not to be construed in any Way As the official viewpoint of the . Government the department of defense the . European command or any other governmental Agency. That s where the a a unofficial term comes in. 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