Steroid found in body of dead wrestler Benoit
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Professional wrestler Chris Benoit, who  killed his wife and son before hanging himself, injected  steroids not long before he died and his son had been sedated,  a medical examiner said on Tuesday.
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Japanese police arrested the former head of a sumo gym on Thursday on suspicion of assault resulting in the death of a 17-year-old wrestler last year, which cast a harsh spotlight on the rigid world of the ancient sport.
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A drug overdose killed former baseball star Ken Caminiti, who tested positive for cocaine in the weeks before he died at age 41 and had admitted using steroids during his playing days, the city medical examiner ruled Monday.
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The results of an autopsy have revealed that rapper ODB died from a drugs overdose. The New York City medical examiner&#39;s office announced yesterday that the rap-singer, real name Russell Jones, had taken cocaine
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The professional wrestler who strangled his wife and son and committed suicide last month bought injectable steroids excessively, according to court papers. His doctor was also charged with improperly prescribing drugs to other patients. The doctor, Phil Astin, prescribed a 10-month supply of anabolic steroids to the wrestler, Chris Benoit, every three to four weeks between May 2006 and May 2007, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent said in an affidavit. The affidavit also said Dr. Astin supplied controlled substances, including injectable anabolic steroids, that were found in Mr. Benoitâs home. Dr. Astin has not been charged with supplying steroids to Mr. Benoit.
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The pro wrestler who strangled his wife and son and committed suicide last month bought injectable steroids excessively, according to court papers released Monday. His doctor was charged with improperly prescribing drugs to other patients.
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Former National League Most Valuable Player Ken Caminiti, who in 2002 admitted he used steroids, died of an apparent heart attack in New York on Sunday, Major League Baseball said on Monday.
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Canadian scientists uncover a new steroid designed to avoid detection in standard drug tests, but say they found no evidence it was used by athletes.
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Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28.
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LONDON - Doctors have been giving steroids to head trauma patients for more than 30 years, but the first major study of the practice has shown they are useless and may even have killed thousands of people.    Experts said the findings, published this week in The Lancet medical journal, are "a complete and alarming surprise for all."   Head trauma, usually from car crashes, violence or falls, is the leading cause of death and disability in children and young adults in the developed world, and globally second only to HIV in causing the death of people under 40...
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The head of the BALCO lab at the  center of a global steroid scandal said in an interview to be  aired on Friday that he witnessed track star Marion Jones using  steroids in a drug program he devised.
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The World-Anti Doping Agency says it has unearthed a new "designer steroid".
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WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and son were found dead Monday and police said they were investigating the deaths as a homicide.
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Barry Bonds told a grand jury he used a clear substance and a cream provided by a trainer who was indicted in a steroid-distribution ring, but the slugger denied knowing they were steroids, according to a report published Friday.
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NEW YORK -- The death of rapper ODB was deemed an accident by the medical examiner, who said yesterday that he died from the combined effects of cocaine and a prescription painkiller.
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Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca tested positive for a steroid in an initial doping test, a wrestling official said Saturday. Michel Dusson, secretary general of the International
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Three weeks after they were found strangled in their home, the wife and 7-year-old son of professional wrestler Chris Benoit were being buried Saturday.