Hair Loss News
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Oscars Fight Highlights for Many the Toll Alopecia May Carry
Individuals with alopecia areata are speaking out in support of Jada Pinkett Smith amid last night’s Oscar Awards chaos, along with sharing the emotional toll that can come with hair loss.
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How Best to Fight Hair Loss in Men
The medications dutasteride, finasteride and minoxidil have long been used to fight hair loss. A new study looks at which one works best.
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Bald Truth: Mouse Study May Get at Roots of Hair Loss
New research in mice may provide clues to age-related hair loss in men and women.
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Hair Regrowth Stimulated by Microneedle Patch
The experimental approach delivers nanoparticles to hair follicles to support regrowth.
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Hair Loss Not Just a Male Problem
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.
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Unlocking the Mysteries of Hair Growth
New research offers a possible explanation for why hair grows on some parts of your body but not others. Scientists found that hairless skin secretes a protein that blocks a signaling pathway (WNT) that controls hair growth.
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A Bone Drug That Treats Baldness?
Only two drugs -- minoxidil (Rogaine) and finasteride (Propecia, Proscar) -- exist to treat so-called male-pattern balding. Both have side effects and often produce disappointing hair regrowth results, the researchers noted.
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Haywire Immune Cells May Help Cause Baldness
Cells that fight inflammation also play role in hair growth, mice study finds
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Prostate, Hair Loss Drugs Not Tied to Suicide Risk
However, medications like Propecia, Proscar may be tied to depression, study finds
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Geneticists Get to the Roots of Hair Loss in Men
Researchers spot close to 300 genetic regions linked to baldness, which could provide targets for treatment
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Arthritis Drug May Help With Type of Hair Loss
Researchers saw regrowth in patients with the autoimmune disease alopecia areata
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Survey: Hair Transplants Make Men Look Younger
Study supports notion that balding men appear older, less attractive
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Today's Hair Style Could Cause Hair Loss Tomorrow
Black women who prefer scalp-pulling hairdos seem especially at risk, study indicates
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Hair Styling Can Cause Hair Loss for Black Women
Survey finds the problem is undiagnosed, and may also have a genetic root
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Hairless Man Now Hairy, Thanks to Arthritis Drug
Success suggests possible treatment for condition called alopecia areata universalis. Learn more at WebMD.
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Hair Loss Treatments in the Pipeline
New hair loss treatments on the not-too-distant horizon may be game-changers for the millions of men and women faced with hair loss.
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Baldness Cure May Have Inched a Bit Closer
In mouse study, scientists say they've used stem cells to grow large numbers of active follicles
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Researchers Report Progress With Growing Hair
But experts note the findings are preliminary, don't amount to cure for baldness yet
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Divorce, Heavy Drinking, Smoking Linked to Hair Loss
Preliminary findings from new studies of male and female identical twins suggest that a broad range of lifestyle factors, including stress, smoking, heavy drinking, and sun exposure, may also foil the follicles.
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Robot Hair-Transplant Device Gets FDA Nod
The FDA has cleared Restoration Robotics' Artas System for removing hair follicles from the scalp for transplant to bald areas. It's approved only for people with black or brown straight hair.
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Braids, Weaves Raise Risk of Hair Loss
Some hairstyles favored by African-American women including tight braids and weaves may increase their risk of developing an irreversible form of scarring hair loss, according to a new study.
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New Genetic Clues Help Explain Baldness
A genetic defect in the way hair follicle cells develop may play an important role male-pattern baldness and offer an alternative avenue for future treatments.
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Scientists Find Possible Genetic Roots of Alopecia Areata (Hair Loss)
Scientists have identified eight genes that may be associated with the skin disease alopecia areata, a common cause of hair loss that affects 5.3 million Americans.
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New Hair Loss Gene Is Identified
A gene responsible for a rare hair loss disorder may also play an important role in male pattern baldness, according to a new study.
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Survey: Most Baldness Treatments Don't Work
Most baldness cures just don’t cut it, according to a new Consumer Reports magazine survey of more than 8,000 men and women who have personal experience with hair loss.
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