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"I just wanted to boost my performance." These are the words spoken by numerous athletes who have been captured using . The continuous stress and pressure on athletes to perform well has caused some to breakdown and take as an easy way to bulk up. amongst ath ....

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.... in certain toads. Sex steroids in humans give men and women the characteristics that make up the sex, such as the type of voice, and the physical build. Adrenal steroids, produced in the cortex of the adrenal gland in humans, regulate protein and carbohydrate metabolism. Aldosterone, another steroid produced in the adrenal cortex, plays a role in the mineral and water balance of the body. Anabolic steroids are commercially produced by chemical methods from the male hormone testosterone. Artificial steroids were first developed for medical purposes during World War II (1939-1945) by the German army. The Germans gave it to their soldiers to make t ....