Fina Health Dictionary

Finasteride is a drug which inhibits the ENZYME that metabolises TESTOSTERONE into the more potent ANDROGEN, dihydrotestosterone. This action results in a reduction of prostate tissue. The drug is used to treat an enlarged PROSTATE GLAND, thus improving urinary ?ow. Its side-effects include reduced LIBIDO, and IMPOTENCE. Finasteride o?ers an alternative to PROSTATECTOMY for some men but a signi?cant minority do not improve. Women of childbearing age should not handle broken or crushed tablets.... finasteride

An animal wherein the adult stage of the parasite resides.... definitive or final host

Where members of society should pay the same share of their disposal income to cover their health costs.... fair financing

The projected ability of a provider to pay the capital and operating costs associated with the delivery of a proposed service.... financial feasibility

Function of a health system concerned with the mobilization, accumulation and allocation of money to cover the health needs of the people, individually and collectively, in the care system.... financing