What if a medicine you thought of as “old news” suddenly showed up in new research with fresh benefits that might stretch ...

Finasteride (Proscar), which inhibits conversion of testosterone to the more potent androgen dihydrotestosterone, reduces symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Because androgens promote the ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was diagnosed with an enlarged prostate two months ago. I thought it was another kidney stone I needed to pass, but I had a totally blocked urethra. I was sent home from the ...

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 ...

Is 5 mg or 1 mg of Finasteride Better For Hair Loss? Let’s talk 5mg finasteride vs 1mg—two different doses, one powerful hair loss treatment. Finasteride is the active ingredient in Propecia®, an oral ...

In the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT), finasteride reduced the prevalence of prostate cancer compared with placebo; however, the proportion of high-grade cancers detected in the finasteride ...

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 ...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the rates of acute urinary retention (AUR) and surgery after initiating 5-alpha reductase inhibitor (5ARI) therapy and to compare the 2 currently ...

It is the fundamental challenge—that early detection for prostate cancer identifies both potentially lethal cancers as well as a larger fraction of inconsequential tumors and that their futures are ...