Questions and Answers: Medical Inquiries and Treatments

    February 1960 in “ Journal of the American Medical Association ”
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    TLDR Treatments for hair loss include estrogen therapy and special shampoos.
    The document addresses various medical inquiries, including a notable case of a 21-year-old woman with hair loss linked to seborrhea oleosa and hormonal changes, suggesting treatments like estrogen therapy and anti-seborrheic shampoos. Other topics include the dissolution of biliary stones with ether, the safety of quinine water during pregnancy, the management of liver spots with sun protection, and the rarity of pancreatic pseudocysts post-injury. It also discusses the lack of effective treatments for neurofibromatosis-related eye issues and advises caution with silver nitrate in pilonidal cyst treatment.
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