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July 2018 in “Current Sexual Health Reports” This review discusses post-finasteride syndrome, emphasizing its serious psychological and cognitive symptoms and the need for more research and awareness in the medical community, but provides no new clinical findings.
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October 2022 in “Phenomics” This review explores skin microbiome composition and its ecological interactions, highlighting the role of host and environmental factors in shaping the microbial community, but provides no new research findings.
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May 2014 in “International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy” This study documented the traditional medicinal uses of 60 plant species in Kolli Hills, India, highlighting their importance in the healthcare of the local tribal community.
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March 1986 in “BMJ” General surgeons are crucial for handling various emergencies in small hospitals and should balance broad skills with some specialization for effective, economical community care.
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January 2006 in “Technical report” This chapter reviews the development of skin-specific outcome instruments for autoimmune diseases like cutaneous lupus erythematosus and dermatomyositis, highlighting a need for a broader community-involved process across other diseases but reports no new results.
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March 2018 in “Policy and governance review” This study explores the factors influencing canal blocking as a peat land fire prevention method in Sungai Tohor Village, Kepulauan Meranti Regency, highlighting government regulations, community participation, and local wisdom as key influences.
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January 2018 in “International Journal of Web Based Communities” This study explored the motivations behind 'bro-science' YouTube videos on baldness, finding that posters aim to communicate product benefits, share research and experiences, and create a community around shared solutions.
June 2026 in “International Journal of Computational and Biological Sciences” This study developed and validated a radiomics-based clinical nomogram using routine renal ultrasound and clinical data to predict early diabetic kidney injury in a community cohort, finding it significantly outperformed clinical-only models in predicting risk and showed potential as a cost-effective screening tool.
October 2025 in “Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto)” This report details a six-month pharmacy internship in Portugal, where the author engaged in hospital and community pharmacy settings, and discusses scientific topics including obesity medication risks and alopecia treatment options. Results and conclusions are not explicitly reported.
January 2025 in “Amplify A Journal of Writing-as-Activism” This study highlights how Rupert Raj's activism and writing in the 1980s and 1990s played a crucial role in supporting the Canadian trans community by sharing important transgender research and creating accessible publications that bridged gaps between trans individuals and the medical/psychological community.
October 2024 in “Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists” In this study, researchers found that although vitamin D deficiency was common among patients with non-scarring alopecia, the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency was also comparable in the control group, suggesting a need for community-level vitamin D fortification.
October 2024 in “Open Repository of the University of Porto (University of Porto)” In this report, the author shares experiences from a six-month curricular internship, highlighting activities such as arterial pressure monitoring in a community pharmacy and addressing off-label rituximab use at a hospital, alongside discussions of hair loss treatments and nutritional supplementation for dysphagia in the elderly.
January 2024 in “Wiadomości Lekarskie” This study reports how the Polish-American Medical Society (ZLP Chicago) played a proactive role during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Chicago area, leading efforts in public education, support for administrative measures, and dissemination of health guidelines to the Polish community.
June 2023 in “Journal for international medical graduates” This study observed a significant association between smoking and an increased risk of hair loss, including male pattern baldness, and highlights the need for interventions at individual, community, and national levels to address smoking-related hair loss.
March 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that type 2 immunity, especially involving ILC2 cells, helps maintain skin homeostasis by regulating the proliferation and community stability of hair follicle epithelial cells in the presence of Demodex mites.
This study found that multimodal recruitment strategies successfully achieved target recruitment quickly and created a racially diverse cohort to study ovulation and menstruation health, with higher survey completion rates noted among participants recruited via the internet and community fairs than in clinics.
September 2020 in “Hair transplant forum international” This issue features tributes to Dr. O'Tar Norwood, commemorating his legacy in the hair restoration community, and reports no new results.
May 2020 in “Hair transplant forum international” This commentary expresses personal frustration with the social isolation necessitated by COVID-19, particularly highlighting the hardship within the hair restoration surgery community, and presents no research findings.
July 2014 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article reflects on the personal and professional impact of the OLSW on a hair transplant surgeon's career, emphasizing its importance in the hair restoration community.
January 2020 in “Archives of urology” This review discusses concerns about persistent side effects of finasteride, such as sexual dysfunction and suicidal ideation, urging the medical community to recognize and address these issues.
January 2026 in “European Journal of Dermatology” This article examines the use of legal amphetamines by French political figures from the Liberation to the 1960s, highlighting their impact on health and their prevalence among Communist activists, influenced by habits from the Resistance.
March 2025 in “Journal of College of Physicians And Surgeons Pakistan” In this cross-sectional survey conducted in Lahore, Pakistan, 64% of LGBTQ participants experienced dermatological conditions such as androgenic alopecia, atopic eczema, melasma, and infections like scabies, highlighting the need for specialized dermatological care within this community.
November 2024 in “The Medical Journal of Australia” This personal account described enduring long COVID symptoms for four years following a COVID-19 infection, significantly impacting the author's career, lifestyle, and mental health, ultimately leading to early retirement and a move to a low-maintenance living community.
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February 1983 in “The BMJ” This study found that Asian mothers in Leicestershire from 1976 to 1981 had one and a half times the risk of perinatal mortality compared to non-Asian mothers, even when controlling for various factors.
June 2024 in “jurnal ABDIMAS Indonesia” This study emphasizes the importance of educating the elderly on vitamin D's role in hair health, recommending dietary and lifestyle interventions, including vitamin D supplementation, to address hair quality issues such as loss and brittleness.
January 2023 in “Austin Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology” This study found that in a sample of girls and adolescents aged 15–24 years, the prevalence of PCOS was 22.5% according to the Rotterdam criteria.
The document concludes that most hair loss treatments don't work, balding isn't caused by dandruff, and hair loss may indicate serious health issues that require medical attention.
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August 2020 in “Advances in Hematology” In this study, an intervention to automatically measure ferritin detected iron deficiency in about 28% of women with alopecia, potentially helping to address hair loss.
June 2022 in “Ramathibodi Medical Journal” This report discusses a case study of a 76-year-old man with long-term post-COVID symptoms; after management, his mobility, fatigue, anxiety, and social interactions improved.
January 2018 in “Genetic engineering & biotechnology news” A genetic mutation linked to longer life and less disease was found in the Amish, and a drug is being developed to replicate these benefits.