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Robert Rentzsch arranges for Nature online (24.2.2006) a FAQ on blood doping, a method that may be used by athletes at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy, to boost their performance. Includes also a brief description of the role of EPO in doping.

The Lancet turns to turn-pages, the last hype in publishing. For up to one month from now the supplement issue Medicine and Sport (Dec 2005) is free. The collection of essays, features and profiles cover this theme "prompted by 2005 being declared by the United Nations to be The International Year of Sport and Physical Education with the aim to promote sport as a way to help reach the Millenium Development Goals," writes The Lancet in an email message.

Here is the first article of great sportsweb