By Crosier Sullivan

You hear it on the evening news. You see it in the newspaper headlines. Another young athlete loses his life as a result of illegal steroid use. He may be a friend of your own child or even a family member, bringing the tragedy that much closer to home.

It's no surprise why our children are falling prey to the lure of enhanced performance. They are bombarded with images of their favorite athletes mocking the rules and blatantly espousing the use (or should we say abuse) of these deadly concoctions.

Let's not confuse the positive uses for steroids. Doctors often recommend them to patients for treating diseases like:

Breast Cancer
Osteoporosis
Hereditary Angioedaema
Inflammation,
Anemia
Thrombosis
Endometriosis
and other conditions

These and many other conditions benefit from the use of anabolic steroids. They are especially helpful in the treatment of AIDS wasting syndrome. In this case, they help to rebuild muscle.

They are also used in fighting HIV infections and hormonal deficiencies in men. Steroids reduce joint pain in women due to osteoporosis in the joints like knees, elbows, hips and more.

Our problem isn't with the curative effects of steroid use, rather, the abuse of steroids.

If you suspect that someone you care for may be heading down the slippery slope of steroid abuse, you need to arm yourself with the most effective weapon available. That weapon is knowledge.

Can you answer these questions?

• What are steroids?

• Who uses them and why?

• How do anabolic steroids work?

• Are natural steroids better?

If you don't know the answers to those simple questions, you need help. That help is readily available in "A Complete Guide to the Use and Abuse of Steroids."

This is much more than a simple report. This comprehensive guide is a must have for parents of sports minded children or for the person who participates in a body building routine and is curious about the subject.

If you are the latter, you especially need to arm yourself with the most up to date information on the subject. You are surrounded with a peer group of like-minded people who may already be abusing these drugs. It is a simple matter to be misled and you need to be on alert.

If you feel as though we are pushing a panic button here, you are correct. We are! And rightfully so. There is no time to waste. You need to educate yourself and discover the answers to the questions above as well as:

• The history of steroids in sports

• Women and anabolic steroids

• Effects of steroids on the body

• More on the therapeutic uses

• Teens and testosterone

• Women and anabolic steroids

• Prevention

Don't wait until it is too late. Don't wait for liver cancer, tumors, jaundice, heart attack, high blood pressure, kidney or liver failure, acne, trembling extremities or stroke to strike you or a loved one.

Arm yourself right now, today and gain the knowledge you must have to avoid the heartache that steroid abuse can cause. Don't wait, you can have the information in your hands in just a few moments. You'll be glad you did.