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 ...

Losing locks? Don’t wig out just yet. Scientists may have found a hair loss treatment that works better than the top drugs ...

A prescription medication that has been available in the U.S. since 1992 might have another significant benefit.

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 ...

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 ...

A first-of-its-kind network meta-analysis compared the relative efficacies of oral finasteride and oral and topical minoxidil in female pattern hair loss (PHL). Efficacy appeared to be considerably ...

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 ...