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Increase in steroid use over last 12 months

The use of performance enhancing steroids has increased over the last 12 months, a report in the ...

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14.05 12 Oct 2020


Increase in steroid use over last 12 months


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14.05 12 Oct 2020


The use of performance enhancing steroids has increased over the last 12 months, a report in the Lancet has recently revealed. It stated that social media and reality TV’s are a huge contributor to this problem, as people are getting a wrong impression as to what a healthy human body should look like. What do you think? Andrea chats to Dr. Brian Higgins & hears from listeners

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