This article was reviewed by Knox Beasley. Key Takeaways: 1mg oral finasteride effectively treats hair loss and is the ...

Going bald sucks. Finasteride does not. Millions of men use it every year to help them keep the hair they have and maybe even re-grow a lil bit of what they've lost. Finasteride, the active ingredient ...

Noticing a receding hairline? You’re not alone — and thanks to years of research, effective treatments are within reach. Male ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Please tell us about the safety of taking 5 mg of finasteride for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). One urologist prescribed it, claiming that it is safe and prevents serious bladder ...

The drug finasteride, also known as Propecia or Proscar, treats male pattern baldness and enlarged prostate in millions of men worldwide. But a new study suggests the drug may also provide a ...

Finasteride treatment reduces the risk of low-grade prostate cancer (PCa) in men taking the drug for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), data show. Teemu J. Murtola, MD, of the University ...

New findings from a Finnish study confirm previous research that finasteride use is associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer. In a study of participants in the Finnish Prostate Cancer ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scientists Jaume Amengual (left) and Donald Molina Chaves (right) found an association between finasteride use and lower cholesterol in men in a national survey ...