If the USADA investigation culminates in a guilty finding for Garcia del Moral, that could taint his reputation as a sports-medicine physician.
Yet sports-medicine specialists are sharply divided over whether any warning is warranted.
"The lesson I've learned from 40 years of cardiology is that when there's this much smoke, there's often some fire, " said Paul Thompson, a sports-medicine specialist and veteran marathoner who is chief of cardiology at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut.
Others include a fourth-grade teacher and a sports medicine doctor.
There is also useful information and a few photos at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Web site and woman-specific information at the Women's Sports Foundation, a Web site founded by tennis legend Billie Jean King.
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The intention was for it to consist of coaches, parents, pastors and experts in sports medicine and pediatrics and was to evaluate the boys-only policy for fairness and safety.
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Following the recent emergence of studies finding high levels of coronary plaque in marathon runners, sports medicine is debunking the myth that distance running confers near-absolute protection against heart disease.
"The objective of periodisation is to play every game with your best 11 players, " Verheijen told BBC Sport during an hour-long interview, following a presentation at the UKSEM sports medicine conference at the end of last month.
Too many today chase the American myth of unlimited potential by denying biological limitations, including performance enhancing drugs in sports, searching for self-esteem with cosmetic surgery, or pushing the frontiers of reproductive medicine.
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After running my first half-marathon I was hobbled for six months with achilles tendonitis that required a trip to a sports medicine doctor and multiple physical therapy sessions.
The SocZ also identifies other areas to create a national soccer culture, including soccer-specialized journalists (who have both a technical and global sense of the game), sports medicine experts, top referees and coaches, and corporate sponsors (for higher player salaries).
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