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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/doping-with-blood-substitute-has-negative-impact-on-performance/">Doping with blood substitute has negative impact on performance</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted June 28, 2007 at 03:30 PM by Courtney Albon</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Attempts to enhance performance with a doping agent called Hemopure, may not be worth the effort.&nbsp; According to a recent study, the blood substitute intended to strengthen patients with anemia, may actually do the opposite for elite athletes seeking a boost in endurance. Hemopure is a blood substitute derived from cow’s blood that serves to deliver Oxygen throughout the body at a faster rate and is intended for individuals with a low count of red blood cells.&nbsp; The drug was approved in South Africa in 2001 and has recently been made available in some parts of Europe, but only to be used as a strengthening agent for anemic patients. In the past, Athletes have used a product called EPO, also a drug used by anemic patients, but doctors say that the increased amount of oxygen that Hemopure delivers to…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/doping-with-blood-substitute-has-negative-impact-on-performance/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/doping-with-blood-substitute-has-negative-impact-on-performance/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/doping-with-blood-substitute-has-negative-impact-on-performance/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/doping-with-blood-substitute-has-negative-impact-on-performance/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/special-features/">special-features</a><br /><br /> </P>