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By: Mickey Rapkin "Jeff O. was 35 when his wife first confronted him about their increasingly anemic sex life. The couple had gone from almost daily romps to something like once every two months. “I had barely noticed,” Jeff says. “I could have an erection. But it wasn’t nearly as hard as before. And the other thing— ” There’s more? “Yeah,” says Jeff, a medical sales rep from...

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By: Health Canada "OTTAWA - Health Canada is informing healthcare practitioners and patients of a labelling update for finasteride drugs to add safety information on rare reports of breast cancer in men. Finasteride is a prescription drug sold in Canada under two brand names, "Propecia" and "Proscar." Generic finasteride products (1mg and 5mg) are also available on the market. Propecia (1 mg tablets)...

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By: CBC News "Male breast cancer has been reported in a small number of patients worldwide taking the prescription drug finasteride for male pattern baldness and enlarged prostate, Health Canada says. Finasteride is a prescription drug sold in Canada under two brand names: Propecia, a one-milligram dose, is used to treat male-pattern hair loss, while Proscar, a five-milligram pill, is for benign...

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By: Rob Stein, Washington Post National "Federal health officials issued a warning Thursday that drugs used to treat the prostate gland and baldness may increase the risk for the most serious form of prostate cancer. The Food and Drug Administration issued a safety alert that a group of drugs called 5-alpha reductase inhibitors -- which are sold under the names Avodart, Proscar, Jalyn and Propecia...

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By: Jeff Baillon / FOX 9 Investigators "MINNEAPOLIS - The FOX 9 Investigators delve into concerns abut a popular hair-loss prevention drug that may have permanent sexual side effects for men who use it. Watch the video for the full investigation." Click here for the full text and video.

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By: CBS News, Miami Propecia User Suicide: VIDEO UPDATE** Health Watch News Story HERE. "A grieving mother is warning others about a popular medication, taken by millions, that can cause devastating and long term side effects. “I’m going to be living the rest of my life without my son,” said Rosemary of New Jersey. Her son Randy was just 22-years-old when he killed himself. His parents...

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From the FDA Website: "PRECAUTIONS Increased Risk of High-Grade Prostate Cancer with 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors Men aged 55 and over with a normal digital rectal examination and PSA ≤3.0 ng/mL at baseline taking finasteride 5 mg/day (5 times the dose of Propecia) in the 7-year Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) had an increased risk of Gleason score 8-10 prostate cancer (finasteride...

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By: Pune Mirror Bureau "While romantics believe that love can last you a lifetime, sex plays a major part in keeping those embers ignited. In a city where our lives are run by money, we are over-burdened with the weight that jobs bring and it's common to experience a dip in desire, both to love and to make love. Ignorance can be your worst enemy. There are common things we do, things that are part...

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By: Jim Edwards, bNet "Merck (MRK) has some explaining to do about why its warnings of the risk of persistent or permanent sexual dysfunction in men taking the hair loss drug Propecia are different depending on where you live and how much you take. The official warning label for the drug in the U.S. says that sexual side effects -- such as erectile dysfunction -- occurred in less than 2 percent...

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By: Neil Katz -  CBS News Men worried about losing their hair may be losing far more than that if they take the popular drug Propecia. A new body of research says 5 to 23 percent of the millions of men who take the drug may become impotent and have lowered sex drives because of the active ingredient finasteride. And the problem may linger years after they stop taking the drug. The story is coming...

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