Sometimes Hair Loss in Women Can Point to Bigger Health Issues

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• March 17, 2023
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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

• Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
• January 6, 2023
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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

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• October 21, 2022
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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

• Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
• 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

• By Robin Foster and Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporters
• June 14, 2022
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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

• February 10, 2022
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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

• Robert Preidt
• October 28, 2021
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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.<...

Gene Tied to Balding May Also Raise COVID Risks for Men

• Ernie Mundell
• May 7, 2021
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It's long been known that COVID-19 is more fatal for men than women, and new research links some of that excess risk to a gene known to cause a form of hair loss in males.

A U.S. team of researchers first suspected the link when they noticed that men with a common form o...

When Will You Go Gray? Your Race Matters

• Robert Preidt
• January 26, 2021
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Could the color of your hair as you age be determined by the color of your skin?

Yes, according to new research that suggests race plays a role in when and how your hair goes gray.

The scientists conducted a search of 69 publications to review what's known abo...

Losing Your Hair Because of Pandemic Stress?

• Robert Preidt
• November 20, 2020
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Add stress-related hair loss to the many problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

"I've had patients coming in recently with stress-related hair loss, who tell me they were so worried about dying earlier this year or even that they had COVID-19. But they don't see th...

Could Propecia Up Young Men's Suicide Risk?

• Steven Reinberg
• November 12, 2020
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Young men who consider using the drug Propecia to prevent baldness may be putting themselves at risk for depression and suicide, a new study suggests.

Information from the World Health Organization indicates that over the past 10 years, reports of suicidal ideation among...

Could Baldness Become 'Optional'? New Research May Give Men Hope

• E.J. Mundell
• December 19, 2019
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The best way to avoid baldness is to stop hair from falling out in the first place. Now, researchers say a new hair growth discovery might help men keep their locks for a lifetime.

The new insight involves a structure lying within the hair follicle.

"Our ma...

Hair Loss Not Just a Male Problem

• Robert Preidt
• August 2, 2019
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The sad sight of a receding hairline is not limited to men, a dermatologist says.

Hair loss is just as common in women, and it can occur due to factors such as genetics, and the hairstyles and hair products used by women.

It's important to identify the caus...

Can Stem Cells Be the Cure for Baldness?

• Steven Reinberg
• July 1, 2019
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Could wigs, weaves or transplants someday become a thing of the past? Scientists report they were able to grow hair with stem cells in animal studies.

So far the technique has only been tried on mice, and results may not be the same in humans. But researchers say th...

Hair Styles That Can Lead to Hair Loss

• Len Canter
• February 1, 2019
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Hairstyles are a defining feature for many people, but some 'dos can also damage hair follicles.

A Johns Hopkins review of 19 studies has found that many hairstyles can lead to a condition known as traction alopecia. That's the gradual loss of hair from damage to th...