As the legal and medical hysteria mounts over testosterone (T) and testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), we continue our interview with Abraham Morgentaler, MD, the Director of Men’s Health Boston, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and a renowned T expert. Q: Plaintiff’s lawyers are trolling for “TRT victims” on TV. Your thoughts on the class…
Open any paper, browse the Internet or turn on the television and you’ll see the latest scary news on testosterone (T). A new rat study links T to prostate cancer. Several new studies purport to link testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) with a higher risk of having a heart attack or stroke. An advisory committee to…
Q: How much of America’s childhood obesity epidemic is the fault of the Government’s bad nutrition advice and policies? A: Governments are made up of individuals, doing their jobs, trying to do what they think is right. I don’t believe anybody in the FDA or Department of Agriculture (USDA) purposely wants to make people fat…
Q: Why have DNA home testing kits stopped showing you what diseases you might get? A: When the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, it opened up a brave new world of possibilities for consumers. Companies began marketing home kits to analyze the DNA in your saliva. At first, the results provided details about…
Q: I saw on Facebook that you were recently in Thailand. How do Thai views on bodybuilding and fitness compare with those in the Western world? A: I had the privilege of being invited to lecture at the Asia Fitness Convention (AFC) in Bangkok. I spoke about performance-enhancing drugs, steroids and supplements, emphasizing what fitness…
Q: What’s the deal with the new study about testosterone therapy increasing your risk for a heart attack? A: The Internet is on fire with advertisements from hungry class action lawyers urging “victims of testosterone” to sue, trolling for clients with the claim that a “Study finds testosterone supplementation can triple your risk of death”…
The U.S. Government’s Department of Justice has recently prosecuted conduct involving the marketing and distribution of Melanotan I, Melanotan II, Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (“CJC-1295”), Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide-6 (“GHRP-6”), GHRP-2, GHRH-RP, Myostatin Propeptide, Mechano Growth Factor (“MGF”) and other peptide chemicals for “Research Purposes Only.” Collins, McDonald & Gann partner and SteroidLaw.com founder Rick…
Q: Teen steroid abuse keeps rising every year. As parents, how should we approach this serious problem? A: I’m a parent too and completely agree that teen steroid abuse is a serious problem. But hysterical media reports which claim that teen steroid use is rising or has reached epidemic proportions are unfounded. In the newInterventions for…
Q: Your book “Legal Muscle” was filled with cases where people’s lives were turned upside down by steroid charges or arrests. What’s the latest? A: Where there’s crime, there’s punishment. But what’s a fair and sensible punishment? Justice, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. Having been a prosecutor and now having been…
The public approval rating for Congress is only 15%.[1] Americans rate the honesty and ethical standards of its members as second lowest on a list of 22 professions measured – higher only than car salespeople.[2] Many of us in the bodybuilding and fitness community view what Congress has done with anabolic steroids and Human Growth Hormone (HGH)…
