July 2021 in “European Journal of Plastic Surgery” Modern society values both traditional beauty and imperfections, but media pressures lead to more cosmetic enhancements and ethical concerns.
In this descriptive retrospective study, researchers reported that low-dose oral minoxidil (0.25-5mg/day) for androgenic alopecia demonstrated a good safety profile, with 84.4% of 641 patients experiencing no adverse effects and only 1.4% discontinuing due to side effects that resolved with dose reduction or withdrawal.
March 2021 in “Revista Medicina Cutánea Ibero-Latino-Americana” This review discusses diagnostic tools for scarring alopecias, emphasizing trichoscopy as a low-cost, non-invasive method for more accurate diagnosis, although it reports no new clinical results.
January 2021 in “Revista Dermatológica Centro Uraga” This review emphasizes the importance of endocrinologic evaluation in acne patients due to its association with endocrine disorders like hyperandrogenism; it reports no new clinical results.
February 2016 in “Online journal of biological sciences” This study found that a mixture of Lawsonia inermis L. powder and honey could significantly speed up burn wound healing and promote hair growth in rabbits compared to control and honey-alone treatments.
January 2016 in “Georg Thieme Verlag eBooks” The document recommends personalized, culturally sensitive treatments to rejuvenate the aging Asian face, focusing on natural results and specific techniques for skin, hair, and facial features.
In this study, ground flaxseed intake was associated with increased hair growth and improved metabolic markers in rabbits, but the mechanisms and optimal usage remain to be determined.
April 2012 in “Informa Healthcare eBooks” The document concludes that diagnosing hair loss requires evaluating multiple histological features, as no single feature is definitive on its own.
December 2011 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This article discusses the evolution of hair transplantation techniques over 23 years and highlights "Hair Transplantation" by Drs Avram and Rogers as a valuable reference in the field.
June 2011 in “Journal of medicine and life science” In this cell study, seaweed extract from Hizkia fusiforme significantly increased the proliferation of dermal papilla cells, suggesting potential for promoting hair growth.
January 2011 in “Medicina interna de México” This article explains the characteristics, diagnosis, and causes of telogen effluvium hair loss but reports no new clinical findings.
January 2010 in “Ciencia UANL” This study found a significant relationship between androgenetic alopecia and insulin resistance-associated indicators like obesity in young men, suggesting a potential risk for developing cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
January 2009 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This study reports on a patient whose symptoms, including trichoepitheliomas and clinical alopecia, may suggest a new syndrome possibly linked to myasthenia gravis.
January 2007 in “Más dermatología” This review found no clinical studies on hair shaft disorder treatments but reported improvement from minoxidil or oral retinoids in certain conditions, emphasizing gentle hair care and genetic counseling for management.
October 2004 in “Radiotherapy and oncology” Active vitamin D3 might protect hair follicles from radiation damage.
December 2015 in “Dermatologic Surgery” Double trichophytic closure effectively repairs thin scalp scars, reducing financial burden.
January 2007 in “Revista del Centro Dermatológico Pascua” This review discusses female androgenic alopecia, highlighting its potential difference from male androgenic alopecia and notes increased incidence, but reports no new clinical findings.
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January 2014 in “Cardiology Research and Practice” Managing metabolic syndrome needs both lifestyle changes and medical treatments.
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July 2016 in “International Journal of Biological Macromolecules” This review describes the roles of polysaccharides in antitumor, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory activities and introduces methods for their isolation and purification, reporting no new research results.
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July 2010 in “Cell” This study identifies mutations in the SRD5A3 gene as a cause of a new type of congenital disorder of glycosylation, impacting mental, ophthalmologic, and cerebellar functions.
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January 2008 in “Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism” This review discusses the protective and stress-buffering roles of melatonin in skin functions and structures but does not present new clinical findings.
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January 2016 in “BMC Bioinformatics” This study found that using curated biomedical databases as training examples for information extraction tasks in Genome-Wide Association Studies can outperform cost-insensitive methods, demonstrating their potential use without expert annotation.
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November 1997 in “Planta” This study found that while a tip-focused calcium gradient influences localized growth in root hairs and pollen tubes, it is not the primary determinant of growth direction in root hairs of Arabidopsis thaliana.
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July 2003 in “ACM Transactions on Graphics” In this study, a new shading model for hair was developed that better matches real-life light scattering, thanks to detailed new measurements of hair fiber scattering not predicted by existing models.
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November 2004 in “Current Medicinal Chemistry” This article updates a prior work on pharmacophore modeling and highlights the advances in 3D database searching technologies for drug design, without presenting new research findings.
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February 2010 in “The journal of allergy and clinical immunology/Journal of allergy and clinical immunology/The journal of allergy and clinical immunology” This review outlines the advancements in organ and tissue transplantation since the discovery of the human MHC and reports no new clinical results.
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January 2017 in “International journal of nanomedicine” This study found that Na CMC hydrogel loaded with PEG-coated silver nanoparticles demonstrated superior antibacterial and wound-healing efficacy compared to commercial silver sulfadiazine cream in a wound-healing model.
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March 2013 in “Nature Communications” This study found several microRNA-related genetic variants linked to epithelial ovarian cancer risk, with a notable association at the 17q21.31 region, suggesting potential new susceptibility genes.
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July 2017 in “Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology” This review noted that alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease impacting hair follicles and offered insights into its complex pathogenesis involving immune responses, while highlighting ongoing research into new treatments such as Janus kinase inhibitors and other immunomodulatory drugs.
This study introduced a new hair shading model that more accurately simulates light scattering on hair fibers, capturing effects not predicted by previous models.