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Starting tomorrow (Jan 28, 2008) you will be able to purchase medicinal marijuana through a vending machine (in the Los Angeles area). Well, you can purchase it, only if you have a prescription from your doctor, and then go through the process of getting finger printed, and getting a prepaid credit card- that holds […]
Is Rogaine or Propecia not doing what you expect it to? What about hair plugs - are they looking a little unnatural? You may want to consider an actual scalp transplant. That’s right, you read that correctly. I said scalp transplant.
Thanks to successful surgeries such as a face transplant, and immunosuppressant […]
This week I’ve assembled a hodge podge, a mish mash if you will of sundry questions and answers. If there is a unifying theme, a highly suspect assertion, then that theme would be have to be “Odd.”
Without further ado…
How long do I have to be off Propecia before I get the spring back in my […]
Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital are reporting the results of a study conducted over the last year. Turns out Propecia artificially lowers PSA (prostate specific antigen) levels by 50%. Artificially lower PSA levels might result in later detection of prostate cancer.
Something to keep in mind when you have that prostate exam… or decide whether […]
Time for a brief health care alert. Apparently there is a loophole in UK law that allows doctors to “consult” with patients online and even issue a prescription. As you might expect, there’s some suspicion about the practice. Bald men aren’t alone. The obese and impotent are also being targeted. Makes sense that “Lifestyle” drugs […]
I’m sure a number of you caught the Zach Lund story back during the winter Olympics. He’s the US skeleton racer who was banned for having used finasteride (aka Propecia), which not only helps regrow hair but also masks a few performance enhancing drugs. Zach says he was using it to grow hair, and there’s […]
Now we’re talking! From Metronews comes a piece advocating an embrace of baldness:
Zach Lund, the skeleton slider who was barred from the Olympic games because of his use of anti-balding medicine Propecia, said he took it to feel the best “vocationally, socially and sexually.” But is a man’s fear of a little hair loss worth […]
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