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Article: Medical Newsletter Reviews Performance-Enhancing Drugs; World-class Athletes Implicated in Taking Performance-Enhancing Drugs.

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NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- As the August 13 opening day of the world's largest sporting event, the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, approaches, several world-class athletes are under investigation for taking performance-enhancing drugs. To better understand the recent reports of alleged doping by track and field stars Marion Jones, Torri Edwards and Calvin Harrison, The Medical Letter has published an article in its July 19, 2004 edition on "Performance-Enhancing Drugs."

The Medical Letter reviewed many of the drugs banned in the Olympic Games according to the list published by the US Anti-Doping Agency. The Medical Letter concluded that use of ... 







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