Tuesday, August 31, 2004

genetically modified cattle to athletes?

Building Better Bodies@NY Times


Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Tuesday, August 17, 2004

Why drug tests can miss the cheats 

Steroids boost performance in just weeks@New Scientist

Even a low dose of testosterone can give athletes a big performance boost

Sunday, August 15, 2004

network for connections

Networking, Networking, Networking, Networking, Networking@Nature

Drinks with a few dozen friends or a visit to an interesting employer

Thursday, August 12, 2004

Olympic bloggers

There are several bloggers in Athens.

Athens Olympic Games Blog
BEYOND NORTHERN IRAQ: STUHUGHESIRAQ@MAIL.COM
Athens 2004 Blog - an Olympics blog
18 Days in August, an Olympic Blog

You also have a list of other Olympic bloggers.

we now have a test for EPO and THG

anti-drugs chief confirms HGH test@CNN

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound said there was nowhere left for drugs cheats to hide after confirming that athletes at the Athens Olympics will be tested for human growth hormone (HGH).

Wednesday, August 11, 2004

online sports medical information throughout the games

Ovid joins the Olympic team@Info World Review

Olympic competitors in Athens will be able to get free online access to sports medicine content through link-up with SIRC databases

Tuesday, August 10, 2004

genetic research in JISS

Japan Institute of Sports Sciences to search for Olympic Gold gene

The goals of the research are to discover gene sequences that play a major role in creating athletic ability and to establish a database based on genetic research into Japanese gold medalists.

Thursday, August 5, 2004

Olympic votes 'for sale'

IOC member 'selling votes'@BBC

An International Olympic Committee member agreed to help a fake bid to bring the 2012 Olympics to London for cash, the BBC's Panorama reports.

what are the limits?

what are the limits:Olympics@Nature

-Top of the world

-Beating the drug cheats

-A breed apart

-The medals and the damage done

-Heat-stopping action

-Gasping the victory

sports science in Science magazine

Science Magazine special issue - Sports Science: Testing Human Limits

- Careers in Sport Science: Resources
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/07/28/9
Web sites to find more information about the field

- The American Sports Medicine Institute
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/07/28/5
The American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI) located in Birmingham,

Tuesday, August 3, 2004

The Doping Search Guide 2004

The Doping Search Guide 2004@Elsevier

the official List of prohibited substances and methods issued
by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)