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Debunking the Liverpool FC Conspiracy Theory

More or Less: Behind the Stats

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The Science Behind Asthma Medications

There is no scientific evidence to back up this theory. An asthma diagnosis will allow you to use an inhaler, but if you don't have asthma, it won't improve your performance. The kind of very strong asthma medications that might improve performance would show up in a drugs test and wouldn't be excused by an asthma diagnosis. liverpool refuse to even give us a statement for what they see as just an internet rumor with no basis in fact. We asked their editor, mike wendling, to try and find out where this rumor started. He tracked it down to a september 20 20 article on an irish football blog called back page football which acts as a platform

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