Vials of counterfeit human growth hormone seized by the U.S. Customs & Border Protection are seen on display at the agency's offices at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York August 15, 2012. Picture taken August 15, 2012. To match Special Report CHINA-PHARMACEUTICALS/ REUTERS/Keith Bedford (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW HEALTH) 

Former baseball star Roger Clemens signs a baseball for a fan as he leaves the Federal District Court in Washington June 8, 2012. His wife Debbie testified in his perjury trial on Friday that she received a shot of human growth hormone from her husband's ex-trainer, who says he also injected the performance-enhancing drug into Clemens.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SPORT BASEBALL) 

Former baseball star Roger Clemens and his wife Debbie leave the Federal District Court in Washington June 8, 2012. Debbie Clemens testified in his perjury trial on Friday that she received a shot of human growth hormone from her husband's ex-trainer, who says he also injected the performance-enhancing drug into Clemens.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SPORT BASEBALL) 

Former baseball star Roger Clemens (R) signs an autograph for a fan as he leaves the Federal District Court in Washington June 8, 2012. His wife Debbie testified in his perjury trial on Friday that she received a shot of human growth hormone from her husband's ex-trainer, who says he also injected the performance-enhancing drug into Clemens.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SPORT BASEBALL) 

Former baseball star Roger Clemens (R) signs a baseball for a fan as he leaves the Federal District Court in Washington June 8, 2012. His wife Debbie testified in his perjury trial on Friday that she received a shot of human growth hormone from her husband's ex-trainer, who says he also injected the performance-enhancing drug into Clemens.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SPORT BASEBALL) 

Former baseball star Roger Clemens (front L) and his wife Debbie leave the Federal District Court in Washington June 8, 2012. Debbie Clemens testified in her husband's perjury trial on Friday that she received a shot of human growth hormone from her husband's ex-trainer, who says he also injected the performance-enhancing drug into Clemens.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SPORT BASEBALL) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (C) leaves the federal courthouse with attorney Rusty Hardin (R) in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (C) leaves the federal courthouse in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (L) walks past reporters as he leaves the federal courthouse in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW MEDIA) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (L) listens as attorney Rusty Hardin (front) makes a brief statement at the federal courthouse in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (C) leaves the federal courthouse with attorney Rusty Hardin (R) in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (2nd L) and attorney Rusty Hardin (2nd R) shake hands with U.S. Marshals guarding the courthouse as they leave the federal courthouse in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves the federal courthouse in Washington after the judge declared a mistrial, July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (front) leaves the federal courthouse in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (C, right) and attorney Rusty Hardin (C, left) are surrounded by reporters as they leave the federal courthouse in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW MEDIA) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (C, left) and attorney Rusty Hardin (C, right) are surrounded by reporters as they leave the federal courthouse in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW MEDIA) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves the federal courthouse in Washington after the judge declared a mistrial, July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (L) talks with attorney Rusty Hardin as they leave the federal courthouse in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens and his attorney Rusty Hardin (R) leave the federal courthouse in Washington after the judge declared a mistrial, July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT CRIME LAW BASEBALL) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (L) is trailed by reporters as he leaves the federal courthouse with his attorney Rusty Hardin (R), in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (C) walks with members of his legal team as they leave the federal courthouse in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (C) leaves the federal courthouse in Washington after the judge declared a mistrial, July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (C) stops to sign a baseball for a fan as he leaves the federal courthouse in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (2nd L) leaves the federal courthouse with attorney Rusty Hardin (front) and the rest of his legal team in Washington July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves the federal courthouse in Washington after the judge declared a mistrial, July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves the federal courthouse in Washington after the judge declared a mistrial, July 14, 2011. A judge declared a mistrial on Thursday in the perjury trial of baseball great Clemens, because prosecutors violated an order that barred certain information from being introduced to the jury. Clemens is facing charges that he lied to the committee when he denied taking steroids and human growth hormones from 1998 to 2001. The pitching star and one-time Hall of Fame contender has denied taking drugs or lying to Congress. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW POLITICS) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens walks with attorney Rusty Hardin as they arrive for opening arguments in his trial on charges that he lied to Congress about performance-enhancing drug use, at the federal courthouse in Washington, July 13, 2011. Clemens, who won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in his league seven times, is on trial after vehemently denying that he ever took human growth hormone or steroids during a Congressional hearing as lawmakers investigated drug use in sports. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens walks up for opening arguments in his trial on charges that he lied to Congress about performance-enhancing drug use, at the federal courthouse in Washington, July 13, 2011. Clemens, who won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in his league seven times, is on trial after vehemently denying that he ever took human growth hormone or steroids during a Congressional hearing as lawmakers investigated drug use in sports. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (R) refers to his personal digital assistant (PDA) as he and his attorney Rusty Hardin (L) arrive for opening arguments in his trial on charges that he lied to Congress about performance-enhancing drug use, at the federal courthouse in Washington, July 13, 2011. Clemens, who won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in his league seven times, is on trial after vehemently denying that he ever took human growth hormone or steroids during a Congressional hearing as lawmakers investigated drug use in sports. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (R) and his attorney Rusty Hardin (L) arrive for opening arguments in his trial on charges that he lied to Congress about performance-enhancing drug use, at the federal courthouse in Washington, July 13, 2011. Clemens, who won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in his league seven times, is on trial after vehemently denying that he ever took human growth hormone or steroids during a Congressional hearing as lawmakers investigated drug use in sports. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (C) and his attorney Rusty Hardin (L) turn away autograph seekers (R) as they arrive for opening arguments in his trial on charges that he lied to Congress about performance-enhancing drug use, at the federal courthouse in Washington, July 13, 2011. Clemens, who won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in his league seven times, is on trial after vehemently denying that he ever took human growth hormone or steroids during a Congressional hearing as lawmakers investigated drug use in sports. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens arrives for opening arguments in his trial on charges that he lied to Congress about performance-enhancing drug use, at the federal courthouse in Washington, July 13, 2011. Clemens, who won the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in his league seven times, is on trial after vehemently denying that he ever took human growth hormone or steroids during a Congressional hearing as lawmakers investigated drug use in sports. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves after a hearing leading up to his trial on charges that he lied to Congress about performance-enhancing drug use, from the federal courthouse in Washington, July 5, 2011. Clemens, who won the Cy Young Award seven times as the best pitcher in his league, will go on trial tomorrow in Washington after vehemently denying that he ever took human growth hormones and steroids, let alone lied to Congress about it as lawmakers investigated drug use in sports. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (L) talks with his attorney Rusty Hardin (R) after a hearing leading up to his trial on charges that he lied to Congress about performance-enhancing drug use, from the federal courthouse in Washington, July 5, 2011. Clemens, who won the Cy Young Award seven times as the best pitcher in his league, will go on trial tomorrow in Washington after vehemently denying that he ever took human growth hormones and steroids, let alone lied to Congress about it as lawmakers investigated drug use in sports. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL CRIME LAW) 

Former New York Yankee Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (C) arrives with wife Debbie (L), who also faces allegations of using human growth hormone, to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "The Mitchell Report: The Illegal Use of Steroids in Major League Baseball" on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 13, 2008. Pitching great Clemens and his former trainer Brian McNamee, clashed under oath at a U.S. congressional hearing on Wednesday over McNamee's claims he injected Clemens with illegal performance-enhancing drugs. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES) 

Seven-time Cy Young Award winning pitcher Roger Clemens (L) looks at his personal notes under a memorial honoring the military in the Rayburn House Office Building along with Representative Ted Poe (R-TX), as his attorneys make remarks to the media after a day of visiting congressmen on Capitol Hill to refute claims by his former trainer Brian McNamee that he took steroids and human growth hormones, in Washington, February 7, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES) 

Former New York Yankees trainer Brian McNamee makes his way past waiting reporters and does not make a statement at the microphone after a day of giving depositions to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on his charges that seven-time Cy Young Award winning pitcher Roger Clemens took steroids and human growth hormones, in Washington, February 7, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES) 

Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (2nd R) listens to his attorney Rusty Hardin make remarks to the media, along with Representative Ted Poe (R-TX) (L) and attorney Lanny Breuer, after a day of visiting congressmen on Capitol Hill to refute claims by his former trainer Brian McNamee that he took steroids and human growth hormones, in Washington, February 7, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES) 

Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens listens to his attorneys speaking to the media after a day of visiting congressmen on Capitol Hill to refute claims by his former trainer Brian McNamee that he took steroids and human growth hormones, in Washington, February 7, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES) 

Baseball pitching great Roger Clemenss (L) makes remarks to the media as his attorney Rusty Hardin listens after a day of visiting congressmen on Capitol Hill to refute claims by his former trainer Brian McNamee that he took steroids and human growth hormones, in Washington, February 7, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES) 

Seven-time Cy Young Award winning pitcher Roger Clemens holds his personal notes as he listens to his attorneys make remarks to the media after a day of visiting congressmen on Capitol Hill to refute claims by his former trainer Brian McNamee that he took steroids and human growth hormones, in Washington February 7, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES) 

Seven-time Cy Young Award winning pitcher Roger Clemens listens to his attorneys make remarks to the media after a day of visiting congressmen on Capitol Hill to refute claims by his former trainer Brian McNamee that he took steroids and human growth hormones, in Washington February 7, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES) 

Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (R) talks with his attorney Lanny Breuer in between meetings with members of congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 7, 2008. Clemens, who earlier this week meet with congressional lawyers and again denied using steroids or human growth hormone, returned to Capitol Hill to begin what was expected to be a series of one-on-one meetings with members of the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES) 

Cleveland Indians pitcher Paul Byrd participates in pre-game warmups before his team plays the Boston Red Sox in Game 7 of Major League Baseball's ALCS playoff series in Boston, Massachusetts October 21 2007. Byrd admitted to using human growth hormone prescribed by his doctors. REUTERS/Shaun Best (UNITED STATES) 

Holstein cows are quarantined at the Sunny Dene Ranch in Mabton, Washington, in this December, 27, 2003 file photo. Corporate backers and consumer activists have been battling for more than a decade over whether an artificial growth hormone given to dairy cows, known as rbST or rBGH, is harmful to human and animal health. To match feature MILK-HORMONES/ REUTERS/Jeff T. Green/Files (UNITED STATES) 

Healthy Holstein dairy cows feed at a farm in central Washington in this December, 24, 2003 file photo. Corporate backers and consumer activists have been battling for more than a decade over whether an artificial growth hormone given to dairy cows, known as rbST or rBGH, is harmful to human and animal health. To match feature MILK-HORMONES/ REUTERS/Jeff T. Green/Files 

Georg Wessels (L), a German maker of outsize shoes, chats with Yao Defen, believed to be the tallest woman in Asia at 2.36 m (7ft 8in), as he donates three pairs of much needed new shoes as a gift, at her home in China's eastern province of Anhui September 2, 2006. Wessels said he had spent years trying to track down Yao who takes European size 57 shoes. Yao began treatment in June for a brain tumour which is largely responsible for her extraordinary height by stimulating her body to release excessive amounts of growth hormone. (GERMANY OUT) REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Georg Wessels (L), a German maker of outsize shoes, chats with Yao Defen, believed to be the tallest woman in Asia at 2.36 m (7ft 8in), as he donates three pairs of much needed new shoes as a gift, at her home in China's eastern province of Anhui September 2, 2006. Wessels said he had spent years trying to track down Yao who takes European size 57 shoes. Yao began treatment in June for a brain tumour which is largely responsible for her extraordinary height by stimulating her body to release excessive amounts of growth hormone. (GERMANY OUT) REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Georg Wessels (L), a German maker of outsize shoes, chats with Yao Defen, believed to be the tallest woman in Asia at 2.36 m (7ft 8in), as he donates three pairs of much needed new shoes as a gift, at her home in China's eastern province of Anhui September 2, 2006. Wessels said he had spent years trying to track down Yao who takes European size 57 shoes. Yao began treatment in June for a brain tumour which is largely responsible for her extraordinary height by stimulating her body to release excessive amounts of growth hormone. (GERMANY OUT) REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Georg Wessels (L), a German maker of outsize shoes, poses with Yao Defen, believed to be the tallest woman in Asia at 2.36 m (7ft 8in), as he donates three pairs of much needed new shoes as a gift, at her home in China's eastern province of Anhui September 2, 2006. Wessels said he had spent years trying to track down Yao who takes European size 57 shoes. Yao began treatment in June for a brain tumour which is largely responsible for her extraordinary height by stimulating her body to release excessive amounts of growth hormone. (GERMANY OUT) REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Georg Wessels (L), a German maker of outsize shoes, chats with Yao Defen, believed to be the tallest woman in Asia at 2.36 m (7ft 8in), as he donates three pairs of much needed new shoes as a gift, at her home in China's eastern province of Anhui September 2, 2006. Wessels said he had spent years trying to track down Yao who takes European size 57 shoes. Yao began treatment in June for a brain tumour which is largely responsible for her extraordinary height by stimulating her body to release excessive amounts of growth hormone. (GERMANY OUT) REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Georg Wessels (L), a German maker of outsize shoes, chats with Yao Defen, believed to be the tallest woman in Asia at 2.36 m (7ft 8in), as he donates three pairs of much needed new shoes as a gift, at her home in China's eastern province of Anhui September 2, 2006. Wessels said he had spent years trying to track down Yao who takes European size 57 shoes. Yao began treatment in June for a brain tumour which is largely responsible for her extraordinary height by stimulating her body to release excessive amounts of growth hormone. (GERMANY OUT) REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Georg Wessels (L), a German maker of outsize shoes, chats with Yao Defen, believed to be the tallest woman in Asia at 2.36 m (7ft 8in), as he donates three pairs of much needed new shoes as a gift, at her home in China's eastern province of Anhui September 2, 2006. Wessels said he had spent years trying to track down Yao who takes European size 57 shoes. Yao began treatment in June for a brain tumour which is largely responsible for her extraordinary height by stimulating her body to release excessive amounts of growth hormone. At right Yao's mother checks the new shoes. (GERMANY OUT) REUTERS/ Nir Elias (CHINA) 

Victor Conte, owner of BALCO Laboratories, arrives with his daughter Veronica Ekhardt at the federal courthouse in San Francisco for his sentencing October 18, 2005. Conte has pleaded guilty to federal charges of distributing illegal steroids and human growth hormones to star athletes in a probe which has rocked the sports world. REUTERS/Lou Dematteis 

Victor Conte, owner of BALCO Laboratories, arrives at the federal courthouse in San Francisco for his sentencing October 18, 2005. Conte has pled guilty to federal charges of distributing illegal steroids and human growth hormones to star athletes in a probe which has rocked the sports world. REUTERS/Lou Dematteis 

Arizona Senator John McCain speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill about baseball's latest announcement concerning steroids, January 13, 2005. Major League Baseball will randomly drug test players year round and expand the number of banned substances to include human growth hormone THG, diuretics and steroids, the organization said today. The tougher drug testing policy is in response to steroid allegations that hit the sport last year. McCain had threatened to introduce legislation requiring drug testing for players unless baseball comes up with rigorous standards. McCain called today's announcement a step in the right direction, but said more needed to be done. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque 

Arizona Senator John McCain fields a question from a reporter on Capitol Hill while speaking about baseball's latest announcement concerning steroids, January 13, 2005. Major League Baseball will randomly drug test players year round and expand the number of banned substances to include human growth hormone THG, diuretics and steroids, the organization said today. The tougher drug testing policy is in response to steroid allegations that hit the sport last year. McCain had threatened to introduce legislation requiring drug testing for players unless baseball comes up with rigorous standards. McCain called today's announcement a step in the right direction, but said more needed to be done. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque KL 

Indoor track sprint cyclist Sean Eadie smiles during a news conference of the Australian indoor cycling team for the Olympic Games in Athens in the western German town of Neuss-Buettgen August 8, 2004. [Eadie was dropped from the team after being charged with trafficking human growth hormone, but was then reinstated after the case was dropped.] 

Indoor track sprint cyclist Sean Eadie smiles during a news conference of the Australian indoor cycling team for the Olympic Games in Athens in the western German town of Neuss-Buettgen August 8, 2004. Eadie was dropped from the team after being charged with trafficking human growth hormone, but was then reinstated after the case was dropped. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann AKW 

Indoor track sprint cyclist Sean Eadie addresses the media during a news conference of the Australian indoor cycling team for the Olympic Games in Athens in the western German town of Neuss-Buettgen August 8, 2004. Eadie was dropped from the team after being charged with trafficking human growth hormone, but was then reinstated after the case was dropped. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann AKW/GB