Exaggerated affirmations about side effects of steroids are quoted by media more often by 500 times than scientific statements

Norm Fost, the professor of Wisconsin’s University, destroys certain common misconceptions linked with anabolic steroids. Although some experts notice about dangerous and even life-threatening undesirable results of anabolic steroids, the physician Fost denies these affirmations, confirming that they lack any scientific basis.
But affirmations of this specialist are not so often quoted by media as statements about severe adverse consequences of steroids. Thus, the message of Norm Fost that steroids are not so dangerous, as it is believed, is noted once for every 500-time affirmation that steroids represent a real evil.
Furthermore, editors usually create a wrong perception among readers, writing the quotes of this physician wrongly. For example, a headline of a radio talk sounds following: “UW-Madison doctor: steroids aren’t harmful at all”. The headline is not correct. It is misleading. Norm Fost has never clamed that steroids were not harmful at all. It is evident that these medicines can cause various adverse results. Norm doesn’t deny risks of appearing side symptoms. Actually, this specialist says some other things. This doctor notices that potential risks of steroids are essentially exaggerated. Norm Fost denies the statement that steroids lead to the rare form of brain cancer. According to some sources, this led to the death of Lyle Alzado, a player of the NFL. Dr. Fost confirms 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 which finally led to his death. Assertion of this person was the only evidence which indicated about the connection between his usage 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 condition? Couldn’t you find this fact strange?
Actually, it was said that AIDS had affected his immune system and induced destroying his body by the primary brain lymphoma.
A pathologist said that Lyle Alzado had had T-cell lymphoma that 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 reported that Lyle Alzado had had B-cell lymphoma which was not linked with HIV or AIDS.
The physician DeLoughery explained the case. 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 which Alzado had, no one of them claimed about links between his brain lymphoma and intake of steroids.