Lyle Alzado died because of AIDS, not because of steroid use

The professor of Wisconsin’s University Norm Fost destroys some common misconceptions linked with anabolic steroids. Although several experts notice about severe and even life-threatening unwanted effects of anabolic steroids, the doctor Fost denies these statements, confirming that they lack any scientific basis.
But statements of this expert are not so frequently quoted by media as affirmations about dangerous unwanted effects of steroids. Thus, the message of Norm Fost that steroids are not so dangerous, as it is believed, is noted once for every 500-time statement that steroids represent a real evil.
Moreover, editors usually create a wrong perception among readers, writing the quotes of this specialist 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 stated that steroids were not harmful at all. It is obvious that these preparations can lead to various side reactions. Norm doesn’t deny risks of occurring unwanted results. Actually, Norm Fost says some other things. Norm Fost notices that probable risks of steroids are significantly exaggerated. This expert denies the statement that steroids cause the rare type of brain cancer. According to several sources, this led to the death of Lyle Alzado, a player of the NFL. Dr. Fost claims that there is no any connection 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 person was the only evidence which indicated about the link between his usage 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 diseases? Couldn’t you find this fact strange?
In fact, it was said that AIDS had affected his immune system and induced destroying his body by the primary brain lymphoma.
A pathologist noted that Alzado had had T-cell lymphoma that was related to AIDS. According to Dr. Thomas DeLoughery, Alzado feared that the public would know that he died from AIDS because of the cancer.
Pathologists at OHSU claimed that this football player had had B-cell lymphoma that was not linked with HIV or AIDS.
The physician DeLoughery explained the case. He noted that T-cells of this person were inflamed but the malignant cells were B-cells.
While specialists disputed about AIDS and the type of cancer that Lyle Alzado had, no one of them claimed about connection between his brain lymphoma and usage of steroids.