Food and Drug Administration

Following the lead of elite athletes, teenagers are increasingly juicing their workouts with pills and powders—sometimes with tragic results

Why the federal government needs to come to terms with ephedra

Genetic engineering is about to produce a new breed of athlete who will obliterate the limits of human performance

Today's athletes don't rely merely on ankle tape for support or ice to heal their wounds. Here are some devices that competitors in a variety of sports can't do without.

From the beginning of time, an amazing number of poets, prophets, preachers, politicians, playwrights, philosophers, etc., have found something noble, something glorious, even something heroic to say about human...