
Discoveries by Scientific Working Group Could Advance Ability to Detect hGH Doping in Sport
Building on the existing tests for growth hormone (GH) abuse in sport, scientists continue to make advancements in successfully detecting doping in sport.
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Building on the existing tests for growth hormone (GH) abuse in sport, scientists continue to make advancements in successfully detecting doping in sport.
In early 2014, anti-doping organizations were made aware that athletes may be using dangerous, highly toxic, and concentrated gases such as Xenon, in an attempt to enhance performance.
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Members of USADA’s staff donated 56 man-hours to the Colorado Springs community volunteering with Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity on March 13, 2014.
We have seen an increase in inquires at USADA about the use of Intravenous (IV) Infusions for this purpose, and would like to assist athletes and medical personnel by clarifying this.
USADA’s Olympic Education team is devoted to educating Team USA providing extensive anti-doping education to thousands of athletes each year.
The makers of a popular and controversial dietary supplement were recently forced by government order to cease operations.
Every October, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) releases updates and changes to the Prohibited List for the following calendar year.
Becoming the first American woman to win gold medals at both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games is an amazing achievement. Doing it after a setback like Alana Nichols’s is almost implausible.
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