Steroids are not so harmful, as it is believed

The professor of Wisconsin’s University Norm Fost claims about some common misconceptions connected with anabolic steroids. Although some experts notice about severe and even life-threatening adverse consequences of anabolic steroids, Dr. Fost denies these statements, confirming that they don’t have any scientific basis.
But statements of this doctor are not so often quoted by media as statements about severe undesirable reactions of steroids. Thus, the message of Norm Fost that steroids aren’t so dangerous, as it is believed, is noted once for every 500-time conclusion that steroids represent a real evil.
Moreover, editors usually mislead readers, writing the quotes of this physician incorrectly. For example, a headline of a radio talk sounds following: “UW-Madison doctor: steroids aren’t harmful at all”. The headline is wrong. It is misleading. Norm Fost has never clamed that steroids were not harmful at all. It is well-known that these drugs can lead to various side reactions. Norm fost doesn’t deny probability of appearing side effects. In fact, this expert says some other things. This doctor notes that possible risks of steroids are significantly exaggerated. This doctor denies the statement that steroids cause the rare type of brain cancer. According to several sources, this caused the death of Lyle Alzado, a player of the NFL. Norm Fost notices that there is no any link between the death of this player and steroids.
Alzado blamed his prolonged steroid abuse for the primary brain lymphoma that finally led to his death. Assertion of this player was the only evidence that indicated about the connection between his intake of steroids and the brain cancer.
But a question appears here. Why did Lyle Alzado make public his steroid use, demonizing anabolic steroids for his illness? Couldn’t you find this fact strange?
Actually, it was said that AIDS had suppressed his immune system and promoted destroying his body by the primary brain lymphoma.
A pathologist said that Alzado had had T-cell lymphoma which was linked with AIDS. According to Dr. Thomas DeLoughery, Alzado was afraid that the public would proclaim that he died from AIDS because of the cancer.
Pathologists at OHSU reported that Lyle Alzado had had B-cell lymphoma that was not connected with HIV or AIDS.
The doctor DeLoughery explained the situation. He noticed 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, nobody of them claimed about connection between his brain lymphoma and intake of steroids.