When the news emerged that Landis had tested positive for high levels of testosterone, Farrington figured it had to be a mistake.
Now, with Floyd Landis testing positive for high levels of testosterone during the Tour de France, cycling may be encountering its toughest battle for legitimacy yet.
Sustained high levels of testosterone have been linked over the years by medical experts to a host of health problems, from acne and baldness to heart disease.
Illegal steroids are of particular concern in preteen and teenage boys, doctors said, because artificially high levels of testosterone can stop their bones from growing.
Proponents argue that fetal exposure to high levels of testosterone could be responsible, and they point out that left-handedness is more common in men than women.
Even more interesting was our observation that those who had high levels of testosterone were most corrupt when they had high power.
Despite the result of the A sample of Landis's urine test — which showed high levels of testosterone — it is entirely possible that he did not take the hormone.
Landis has hired the Spanish doctor Luis Hernandez, who has helped other riders who returned test results showing high levels of testosterone.
It leads to irregular hormone levels including typically high levels of testosterone as well as unreliable egg release from the ovaries.
MAKING money comes naturally to some people specifically, to men exposed to high levels of testosterone before they were born.
Car salesmen, for example, are stereotypically male and aggressive, which tends to indicate high levels of testosterone.
