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Some medications cause more health risks than they cure. Now doctors are using these drugs to treat other things they weren't intended for. How safe are these drugs?

Medications like 5-alpha reductase inhibitors interfere with the actions of specific masculine hormones (androgenic hormone) in the prostate gland.

Hair loss takes various forms, some permanent and others treatable. This article discusses a few of the many types of alopecia.

For as long as man has experienced hair loss he has presumably searched for a way to stop it. There are two FDA-approved treatments but a cure still eludes researchers.

There is a drug currently available that can help prevent prostate cancer. Other promising methods of prostate cancer prevention have shown no benefit in clinical trials.

Among middle-aged and elderly men, benign prostatic hyperplasia is a relatively common condition. How is it treated?

Symptoms - such as straining to pass urine, finding it difficult to start, a poor stream or a frequent need to pass urine at night - could all indicate prostate disease

Benefits of cancer screening for breast and prostate cancer may have been overstated because there has not been a significant reduction in deaths from the two diseases.

The drugs associated with treatment of Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Viagra, Cialis, Levitra, are now being prescribed for treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).

Approximately 50% of all men experience symptoms of enlarged prostate - also referred to as BPH - by age 75.

Enlarged prostate, also called BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia) is one of the most common health problems for men over age 60.

Treatments for thyroid disorders and diseases can be very effective. There are however particular symptoms that can continue to cause problems in some patients.

From sex the night before to taking aspirins and advancing age, the PSA test is sensitive to a host of influences.

Hair transplant surgery may not be suitable for all people with hair loss, but it can be an effective treatment for premature balding if its limitations are accepted.

Polycystic ovary syndrome is a relatively common hormonal abnormality in women. Diagnosis is based on signs and symptoms; cystic ovaries are not always present.

Hair loss is caused by various factors which interfere with the hair growth cycle. Management of the condition relies on removing or counteracting these factors.