Core Concepts in Health Brief, 9/e

Paul M. Insel, Stanford University, School of Medicine
Walton T. Roth, Stanford University, School of Medicine

Exercise for Health and Fitness

In The News

Drugs and Supplements for Improving Athletic Performance
(See the In the News box on p. 227 in your text.)

For more information on the issue of performance-enhancing drugs, visit the following sites:

http://www.wada-ama.org World Anti-Dopping Agency (WADA)

http://sports.findlaw.com/drugs FindLaw Drug Watch: Drug Use in Sports

For information on particular supplements, try visiting (and, if needed, performing a search) at the following sites:

http://www.herbalgram.org American Botanical Council

http://archfami.ama-assn.org/issues/v7n6/ffull/fsa8005.html Archives of Family Medicine: A Review of 12 Commonly Used Medicinal Herbs

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/supplmnt.html FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition: Dietary Supplements Information

http://www.physsportsmed.com Physician and Sportsmedicine Online

http://shapeup.org/fitness/nutrition/supp.htm Shape Up America! Fitness Center Supplement Guide

http://www.usp.org/dietary/index.htm U.S. Pharmacopeia: Dietary Supplements

Abstracts of research studies on herbs, vitamins, and other dietary supplements are available at the following searchable sites:

http://nccam.nih.gov National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed National Library of Medicine: PubMed

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