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The researchers propose to put spinach on the list of banned doping
Popeye sailor is famous for chewing up vegetables and dozens of spinach boxes to improve his fitness, and the latest scientific research shows that it is no coincidence…
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Smell coffee like injecting a dose of
More and more health benefits of coffee are proven, but not everyone drinks coffee, because many people are intoxicated or seriously insomnia even with very little use.
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Method to expose athletes' doping tricks
Since athletes started using doping in competitions, sports officials have always had a headache to try to expose this fraud.
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What is blood doping?
Once the gunfire signaled the start of the Beijing Olympics competition, the athletes would give each other a fraction of a second. And this is the time when blood dopin…
Biology
Modern Doping
Finnish athlete Eero Mäntyranta won all this medal at another Olympics from 1960 to 1972. Scientists only found a secret trace of success 20 years later.
Medicine - Health
What is doping?
Although the use of doping has a high risk of harm to health, this phenomenon is still very popular in the world, because the athletes are under great pressure of achiev…
Medicine - Health
What are the banned drugs that tennis beauty Maria Sharapova uses?
The drug meldonium is often used for heart failure patients, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, widely sold in Eastern European countries.
Medicine - Health
Doping drugs last up to 10 years
A new study finds that athletes who use steroid hormone drugs - a popular form of doping in sports, can benefit throughout their entire career.
Medicine - Health
Wine also works like doping
According to researchers from the University of Kingston, London, red wine can help athletes increase physical fitness in sports matches by enhancing hormone testosteron…
Medicine - Health
What makes great Olympians (Part II)
It is not uncommon but rare for a professional athlete to compete in the 40s. Torres - a sprinter - must rely heavily on technology as well as muscle strength rather tha…
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Detecting 'doping' in urine in just a few seconds
Scientists are developing a new technique for urine testing to quickly detect steroids banned for sport use.
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Improve superconductivity with carbon nanotubes
Physicists from Argentina and the US have just announced that they have significantly improved the superconductivity of MgB2 alloys by doping multi-walled carbon nanotub…