103 The Editor, A 27‐year‐old male professional bodybuilder presented with excruciating retrosternal chest pain, extending to his neck and shoulder. He gave a history of taking traditional medication (containing opium) for the pain that was self‐prescribed but the pain did not subside with that treatment, and his general physician referred him for cardiac evaluation in the emergency department....

BACKGROUND Anabolic steroids have been widely used in recent years. It could adversely affect the cardiovascular system. Non-traditional risk factors for coronary heart diseases (CHDs) have raised great concern. CASE REPORT A young bodybuilder was presented with crushing retrosternal chest pain, excessive diaphoresis, and vomiting. The symptoms began during wrestling. The patient did not have...

Background: The effects of vitamin D in skeletal system, biological metabolism and immune system function are well shown. Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) and ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) are two major types of vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is widely in human population and vitamin D intoxication is very rare. Case Description: The patient is 37-years old bodybuilder man who referred to emergency...

Juel J, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220698 Description A 33-year-old male former bodybuilder presented with painful deformities located to his arms. Roughly a decade ago, he had injected liquid paraffin into his biceps and triceps as a shortcut to achieve muscular enhancement. Today, some of the oil has descended to the forearms, leaving him with painful swellings (paraffinom...

Now that the heat has died down from the 2008 presidential election along with the question of whether the candidates—including Hillary Clinton—were man enough for the job, it seems appropriate to acknowledge another political figure whose gendered authority seems to be under scrutiny. California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has rocked the Republican cradle lately by supporting stem cell ...