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Rick Collins
Publications - 6
Citations - 204
Rick Collins is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Internal medicine & Agency (sociology). The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 5 publications receiving 174 citations.
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A league of their own: demographics, motivations and patterns of use of 1,955 male adult non-medical anabolic steroid users in the United States
TL;DR: The typical user was a Caucasian, highly-educated, gainfully employed professional approximately 30 years of age, who was earning an above-average income, was not active in organized sports, and whose use was motivated by increases in skeletal muscle mass, strength, and physical attractiveness.
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Steroid madness : Has the dark side of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) been over-stated?
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Testosterone, identity and the body: Exploring cultural definitions of disorder.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine attempts to distinguish between the use of testosterone for gender-affirming hormone therapy and for aesthetic (muscle enhancement) use in the case of muscle dysmorphia (MD), and explore the implications of this disparity.
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Special Legal Review
Rick Collins,Alan H. Feldstein +1 more
TL;DR: The purpose of this chapter is to discuss various sensationalized media reports and anti-supplement positions by some members of Congress while illustrating the general institutionalized bias against alternative health approaches that creates an environment for less than honorable marketers and at the same time compromises the freedoms of Americans to make their own health choices.
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Dead Bodybuilders Speaking from the Heart: An Analysis of Autopsy Reports of Bodybuilders That Died Prematurely
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors analyzed publicly available autopsy reports of male bodybuilders under the age of 50 who reportedly died from cardiovascular-related events, and found that 75% of the autopsies reported left ventricular myocardium thickness of 16.3 ± 3.5 mm; this is 125% thicker than normative data for men.