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Kathleen Turner in "Romancing the Stone"
On Please Explain, find out what steroids and human growth hormones are, how they affect performance, and why it's so troublesome when professional athletes use them. Also: actress Kathleen Turner.
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Actress Kathleen Turner was once called "a certifiable diva" by the New York Times, but she says that's no longer true after years battling rheumatoid arthritis and alcoholism. Her new memoir is Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles.
Event: Kathleen Turner will be speaking ...
Please Explain: Steroids and Human Growth Hormones
Roger Clemens's Congressional testimony has put pro athletes' steroid use on center stage. On Please Explain, find out what exactly steroids and human growth hormones are, how they affect the body, and why they can be so dangerous.
Leonard speaks with Dr. Timothy Hewett of The Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center ...
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