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Load More...Sean Ingle@seaningleDid not know the benefits of testosterone?? Is he really a medic? Not quite sure which med school he went to but I would put some money on them all including something on testosterone in the training.....
Simon Jackson QC insists it is "inconceivable" that former Team Sky doc Richard Freeman did not know about the benefits of testosterone, as he claimed. And he says Freeman's admission that he didn't read the small print of the Wada code on prohibitive methods are "untenable"
Meanwhile the medical tribunal of former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor, Richard Freeman, has just resumed again. Freeman is accused of buying banned testosterone for an unnamed rider. We are expected the GMC's summing up today and Monday. Won't be any new evidence though
David Kernohan@dkernohanAll those hours writing draft subject level submissions and reviewing across the faculty/college!
Subject level TEF must have cost the HE sector a massive amount, only to drop before it was ever really introduced.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/953435/Interim_conclusion_of_review_of_post-18_education_and_funding_print-ready_PDF.pdfSubject TEF is gone.
Danny Allwood@DannyAllwoodThe start of semester hasn't been quite how we'd have liked (again). Our great Biosciences and Chemistry staff are certainly working hard to keep it all going. https://twitter.com/DannyAllwood/status/1351545200997490690
In case you were wondering how long it takes to prepare online teaching, I'm doing a 2-hour session on photoredox catalysis this week and this is day 3 of preparing the material for it...
Forensic fact…
Drugs are stored in the hair as it grows - largely remaining in place until that piece of hair is cut off.You said… what?
Dr Tom Bassindale on Jamaicans and footballers: how to interpret a single urine sample
3rd Apr 17
Thanks Christiaan, I agree it is a real thing, it looks like China and Mexico have a particular issue, amongst…Christiaan Bartlett on Jamaicans and footballers: how to interpret a single urine sample
3rd Apr 17
The contaminated meat causing clenbuterol positives is a real thing: https://www.wada-ama.org/en/media/news/2011-10/wada-withdraws-cas-appeal-in-case-of-mexican-footballers but as you say this exoneration maybe only possible…Dr Tom Bassindale on Forensic scientists arrested following probe at Manchester toxicology lab
20th Feb 17
Thanks Bob, a useful example for our students of the importance of getting it right or holding your hand up…
DMAA archive
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Rugby union reveals lack of performance enhancing tests
Posted on October 22, 2013 | 1 CommentToday the Rugby Football Union announced the testing statistics for 2012-13 and proudly reported no positives for performance enhancing drugs at an elite level. A good thing surely? What about the […] -
Methylhexaneamine – still a problem in UK sports
Posted on April 22, 2013 | No CommentsOne year ago an athelte died while completing the London Marathon. Subsequently she was found to have used the controversial supplement Jack3d, containing methylhexaneamine (DMAA). Then in August last year […] -
DMAA linked to marathon runners death
Posted on January 30, 2013 | 2 CommentsDimethylamylamine was reported to have been found in the blood of a runner who died in the London Marathon last year. At inquest it was found to be a contributing factor in her death. What […]