Scientists warn Enhanced Games athletes of heart attack risks and having libidos ‘killed off’

Researchers hit out at organisers’ claims of athlete safetyPaper also points to ‘evidence of psychiatric conditions’Enhanced Games competitors run the risk of their libido being “killed off” as well as a greater chance of heart attacks and psychiatric issues by taking performance enhanced drugs, leading experts have warned.Prof Ian Broadley, whose research has been supported by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and his colleague Martin Chandler, a research fellow who specialises in PEDs, also told the Guardian that organisers’ claims that banned drugs can be made safer if taken under medical supervision are “incorrect and misleading”. Continue reading...

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