A study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology has suggested a link between kidney disease and long term steroid use. Body builders who utilize steroid for the purposes of increased training performance seem to be the population at risk. The body builders were confirmed to develop a type of kidney disease known as focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis also known as FSGS. Although categorized as scarring of the kidney and known to occur as a final pathway of injury in numerous
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