Prostate
PSA testing for prostate cancer is controversial. Many say as a screening tool it’s inaccurate and mostly beside the point because of how slowly it most often grows. Others find value in it.
Welcome back. Today we have news about a drug that doesn’t do the bad thing it was expected to do, another drug that does a bad thing that wasn’t expected to do and a third drug that is used too often. Read on and, please, when offered a medicine, always…
A widely used drug to treat enlarged prostate — and off-label to treat hair loss — may increase a man’s risk for diabetes, high cholesterol and fatty liver disease. It may also worsen erectile dysfunction. Avodart (dutasteride) is approved to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), the medical term for an…