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How do steroids affect your muscles— and the rest of your body? - Anees Bahji

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Steroids. They’ve caused global scandals. They’re banned in most athletic competitions. Yet the same properties that help elite athletes and bodybuilders improve performance also make steroids valuable for treating many illnesses and injuries, such as AIDS and cancer. So if steroids are used as medicine, they must be safe to use recreationally, right? Anees Bahji explores the effects of steroids.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Anees Bahji
Director
Cris Wiegandt
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Sound Designer
Weston Fonger, Jarrett Farkas
Director of Production
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal, Elizabeth Cox
Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Fact-Checker
Eden Girma

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