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Apr 2025
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A Quick Fix for Hair Loss Is Making Some...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
About this episode

Telehealth companies make hair loss drugs easy to get. They also don’t have to disclose side effects in ads. WSJ’s Rolfe Winkler reports that some young men say they are suffering serious health consequences, and that they didn’t understand the risks. Kate Linebaugh hosts. 


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- Testosterone Clinics Sell Virility. Side Effects Sometimes Included. 

- ‘Uncontrolled Substances’ from The Journal. 


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