Norm Fost, an experienced specialist, claims that affirmations about side effects of steroids are exaggerated

Tge Wisconsin University professor Norm Fost claims about several common misconceptions linked with anabolic steroids. However some experts notice about dangerous and even fatal undesirable results of anabolic steroids, the physician Fost denies these statements, claiming that they lack any scientific basis.
But statements of this expert are not so often quoted by media as affirmations about dangerous negative effects of steroids. So, the message of Norm Fost that steroids aren’t so harmful, as it is believed, is noticed once for every 500-time statement that steroids represent a real evil.
Furthermore, editors usually mislead readers, writing the quotes of this specialist incorrectly. For example, a headline of a radio talk sounds following: “UW-Madison doctor: steroids aren’t harmful at all”. The headline is wrong. It is misleading. Norm Fost has never clamed that steroids were not harmful at all. It is evident that these medicines can cause various negative reactions. Norm fost doesn’t deny probability of occurring negative effects. In fact, Norm Fost says some other things. Norm Fost notices that potential risks of steroids are significantly exaggerated. This physician denies the affirmation that steroids cause the rare form of brain cancer. According to certain sources, this led to the death of Lyle Alzado, a player of the NFL. Norm Fost notices that there is no any connection between the death of this player and steroids.
Alzado demonized his prolonged steroid abuse for the primary brain lymphoma that finally led to his death. Assertion of this person was the only evidence that indicated about the connection between his administration of steroids and the brain cancer.
But a question appears here. Why did Lyle Alzado make public his steroid use, blaming anabolic steroids for his illness? Couldn’t you find this fact strange?
In fact, it was said that AIDS had affected his immune system and induced destructing his body by the primary brain lymphoma.
A pathologist noted that Lyle Alzado had had T-cell lymphoma which was connected with AIDS. According to Dr. Thomas DeLoughery, Alzado was afraid that the public would know that he died from AIDS because of the cancer.
Pathologists at OHSU claimed that Lyle Alzado had had B-cell lymphoma that was not connected with HIV or AIDS.
The doctor DeLoughery explained the situation. He said that T-cells of this person were inflamed but the malignant cells were B-cells.
While experts disputed about AIDS and the type of cancer that Lyle Alzado had, nobody of them noted about connection between his brain lymphoma and administration of steroids.