Ergogenic Zone

ScienceDaily (Apr. 10, 2008) — In 2006 researchers investigating the interaction between the brain, behavior, and the immune system found that simply anticipating a mirthful laughter experience boosted health-protecting hormones. Now, two years later, the same researchers have found that the anticipation of a positive humorous laughter experience also reduces potentially detrimental stress hormones. (Continued)

ScienceDaily (Apr. 10, 2008) — Just 20 minutes of any physical activity, including housework, in a week is enough to boost mental health, reveals a large study published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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ScienceDaily (Apr. 9, 2008) — ‘Mother cells’ which produce the neurons affected by Parkinson’s disease have been identified by scientists, according to new research published in the journal Glia.
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ScienceDaily (Apr. 7, 2008) - Taking daily recommended dosages of ibuprofen and acetaminophen caused a substantially greater increase over placebo in the amount of quadriceps muscle mass and muscle strength gained during three months of regular weight lifting, in a study by physiologists at the Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State University.
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CHICAGO (AFP) - New clinical trials have increased doubts about the efficiency of Merck and Schering-Plough’s prized anti-cholesterol drug Vytorin and its ability to fight cardiovascular disease, according to medical data released here.
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CHICAGO - Leading doctors urged a return to older, tried-and-true treatments for high cholesterol after hearing full results Sunday of a failed trial of Vytorin.
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CHICAGO - Two big studies offer good news to people with high blood pressure, finding that novel ways to use cheap drugs already on the market can lower their risk of heart attacks, stroke and death — even if they are very old.
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Science Daily — The reported failure of vitamin E to prevent heart attacks may be due to underdosing, according to a new study by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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By Will Carroll

For the last year and especially over the last few months since the Mitchell Report was unleashed, baseball has been atwitter with how to deal with human growth hormone, or HGH. I’ve been on TV and radio countless times over the last few weeks and they all ask me what can baseball do? I simply shake my head and say “Why do anything? HGH is expensive, ineffective, and isn’t being used any more.” What are they using? It appears that baseball players are learning that insulin can help more than just diabetics.
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BANGKOK (AFP) — Two Britons were arrested Friday in the Thai seaside resort of Pattaya on charges of using the Internet to illegally export steroids to the United States, police said.
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