Physician-assisted doping of athletes has transformed high-performance sport into a chronically overmedicated subculture and spread so-called hormonal rejuvenation to the general public.

The National Football League concussion lawsuits could potentially serve as a valuable model for other professional sports injury cases in the future.

The bodybuilding culture's veneration of musculature as indicative of masculinity is in step with our culture at large.

Enabling an athlete to harm herself, even in the pursuit of sporting success, is not acceptable behavior for a doctor.

The only studies in which hGH was shown to have a positive effect on athletic performance were in anabolic steroid users, so testing for hGH alone may not be accomplishing the intended goal.

One major difficulty in collecting data on which to base injury prevention strategies is the lack of large epidemiologic studies and comprehensive injury surveillance.

The tension inherent in striving for extraordinary physical achievement while maintaining good health lies at the heart of the physician-athlete relationship.

The AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ opinion on sports medicine.

Harm occurs when race is used as a proxy for characteristics stereotypically ascribed to members of a group, much as the obligatory mention of age is used to indicate the typical patient’s expected health status and vitality.

AMA Code of Medical Ethics' Opinion 9.129 on racial and ethnic health care disparities.