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Fear Of Hair Loss Might Cause Some To Reject Cancer Treatment
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- August 6, 2025
- Full Page
Needless fear of hair loss and brittle, discolored nails caused by cancer treatment might lead many patients to avoid or delay life-saving treatment, a new pilot study says.
Man...
FDA Warns of Unapproved Hair-Loss Product Linked to Side Effects
- HealthDay Reporter
- I. Edwards
- April 24, 2025
- Full Page
A quick spray of medication might seem like an easy way to get thicker hair, but some folks say one sold online has left them battling sexual side effects, depression
Rare Hair Loss Condition Can Be Treated With Low Doses Of Antibiotic
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- March 19, 2025
- Full Page
Lower doses of a common antibiotic can curb hair loss caused by a rare skin condition, a new study says.
Women With Cancer Can Safely Use Rogaine to Curb Hair Loss
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- December 11, 2024
- Full Page
Women worried about losing their locks during chemotherapy can safely take hair-loss drugs during breast cancer care, a new study says.
Microneedle Patch Might Restore Hair Growth After Alopecia
- HealthDay Reporter
- Carole Tanzer Miller
- June 10, 2024
- Full Page
Researchers have developed a novel way to promote hair growth in people who have the autoimmune disease alopecia areata.
It's a skin patch that delivers immune-system controllers through an array of tiny needles.
In alopecia, the body's own T-cells mistakenly attac...
Microneedle Patches Might Reverse a Form of Hair Loss
- HealthDay Reporter
- Ernie Mundell
- May 13, 2024
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Early research in mice suggests a new path forward to restoring hair growth in people affected by a form of alopecia.
Alopecia areata is an autommune disorder that affects an estimated 6 million Americans and has no cure, according to researchers at the Massachuset...
Could Hair Loss Drug Finasteride Help Men's Hearts?
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- February 22, 2024
- Full Page
The common hair-loss drug in Propecia and Proscar might lower men's risk of heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels, a new study suggests.
Finasteride is used to treat male pattern baldness, and it's also been shown effective in treating an enlarged prostate, resear...
A New Treatment Option for a Form of Sudden Hair Loss
- HealthDay Reporter
- Cara Murez
- August 17, 2023
- Full Page
A new type of medication, JAK inhibitors, can effectively treat moderate to severe alopecia areata, a hair loss condition that has been historically hard to treat.
A study of its effectiveness, by Dr...
What Is Male Pattern Baldness? Can Anything Be Done?
- HealthDay Reporter
- Meredith Morckel
- June 7, 2023
- Full Page
Have you seen more hair in the shower or on the bathroom floor than usual?
Grab a mirror and take a look at your head. If it looks like you're "going bald,"you may have androgenic alopecia (male pattern baldness).
Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues
- HealthDay Reporter
- Cara Murez
- March 17, 2023
- Full Page
Hair loss can be devastating for women, but the condition can also signal additional health problems.
An American Academy of Dermatology expert offers information about the types of hair loss seen in women with darker skin tones, common types of medical conditions associ...
The Naked Ape: Science Unravels How Humans Lost Their Body Hair
- HealthDay Reporter
- Cara Murez
- January 6, 2023
- Full Page
In the mammalian world, there are the hairy, the less hairy and the hairless. But why that is has remained a mystery.
Until now.
In a new study that compared the DNA of 62 animals, researchers found that while humans appear to have the genes for a full coat of body...
Bald Men, Take Note: Scientists Grow Hair Follicles in the Lab
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- October 21, 2022
- Full Page
In what could be an advance against hair loss, researchers say they've successfully grown hair follicles in culture in the lab.
The Japanese research team created a system that produces full...
Who'll Get Long COVID? Just a Look at a Patient Gives Clues
- HealthDay Reporter
- Dennis Thompson
- July 19, 2022
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Sometimes just looking at a person can give clues to their likelihood of developing long COVID after a bout with the virus.
For example, obese people are five times more likely to suffer
FDA Approves First Pill to Treat Severe Alopecia
- HealthDay Reporter
- Robin Foster and Robert Preidt
- June 14, 2022
- Full Page
The first pill to treat adults with severe alopecia was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday.
Olumiant (baricitinib) is the first FDA-approved alopecia therapy th...
The Bald Facts on How Best to Fight Hair Loss in Men
- HealthDay Reporter
- February 10, 2022
- Full Page
Nearly all men see their hairline recede or a bald spot emerge at some point in their life. For those looking to slow the march of time, a new study helps sort out which hair-loss medications work best.
The analysis, of 23 previous studies, ranks the available hair-loss ...
Bald Truth: Mouse Study May Get at Roots of Hair Loss
- HealthDay Reporter
- Robert Preidt
- October 28, 2021
- Full Page
New research in mice may provide clues to age-related hair loss in men and women.
Scientists found that as hair stem cells in mice age, they lose the stickiness that keeps them secured inside the hair follicle. This allows the stem cells to drift away from the follicle.<...