1.   Some doctors admitted giving steroid pills to athletes, but many denied using syringes, Ungerleider theorizes, partly because injection still carried murderous connotations.

2.   Two other trainers in the club admitted to handing out steroid pills, but the charges were dropped after they agreed to pay smaller fines.

3.   Doctors treating children for severe asthma attacks should stick with standard steroid pills and not switch to inhaled steroids, a study found.

4.   Steroid pills, such as prednisone, are safe when given for short doses.