Misusing cattle steroids to "bulk up" appears to be a common practice, especially among bodybuilders, and the kits required to convert the pellets for cattle to an injectable form usable to humans are readily available, a study reports. Medscape Medical News
This initial study in 139 mother-child pairs showed prenatal drug exposure to cocaine and other drugs relates to sleep problems that carry on from infancy into late childhood, nicotine being a unique predictor of later sleep problems. Medscape Medical News
A meta-analysis of original data from 6 cohort studies shows that green tea drinking is associated with a lower risk for distal gastric cancer in women but not in men. Medscape Medical News
Only 1 in 5 physicians consistently adhere to guidelines for various colorectal screening tests, according to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Medscape Medical News