In the News

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

http://www.olympic.org/ioc/e/org/medcom/medcom_intro_e.html International Olympic Committee Medical Commission

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

http://www.ncaa.org/sports_sciences/drugtesting NCAA Drug Testing Programs

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

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Sports/Drugs_in_Sports Yahoo! News: Drugs in Sports

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

http://www.steroidabuse.org Anabolic Steroid Abuse

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://www.consumerlab.com ConsumerLab.Com

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

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitaminandmineralsupplements.html MedlinePlus: Vitamin and Mineral Supplements

http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov NIH Office of Dietary Supplements

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

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

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000015.html USDA Dietary Supplements Information

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

http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov NIH Office of Dietary Supplements