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This article evaluated evidence on finasteride's effects on male reproductive health, finding contradictory data about its adverse effects, but consensus that such cases are infrequent in research and clinical settings.

In this study, impaired sexual function among Iranian women with infertility was linked to higher sexual distress, especially when comorbid PCOS was present, affecting the relationship between sexual pain and distress.

This study found that TikTok provides valuable insights into experiences with lupus erythematosus, highlighting distress from symptoms, negative perceptions of pharmacologic treatments, and issues with feeling "medically gaslighted.

This study developed a legally valid, evidence-based informed consent document specifically for platelet-rich plasma injections, intended to enhance patient rights and communication, and support legal defense in malpractice cases.

In this study, scalp cooling therapy was found to be well tolerated and effective at improving hair preservation for Asian women with breast or gynecological cancers undergoing certain chemotherapy regimens, particularly weekly paclitaxel, compared to historical controls.

In this study, multimedia education significantly improved the knowledge and practices of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome, particularly in managing symptoms like menstrual irregularity and oligomenorrhea, as observed in a sample from the Sohag University Hospital clinic in Egypt.

In this retrospective study, researchers developed machine learning models to predict mortality risk among 7115 COVID-19 patients in Iran, finding that the random forests model performed best with 96% accuracy and identified factors like intubation and SpO2 as significant predictors.

This study observed that hirsutism, alopecia, and acne are the most common androgenic symptoms in women with PCOS, with treatments including biotin, minoxidil, and over-the-counter acne medications.

This study observed that lifestyle modifications resulting in weight loss improved menstrual irregularity and hormonal balance among infertile obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome, although changes in total testosterone and estrone were not significant.

In this study, depression and anxiety were prevalent in Thai women with PCOS, with hirsutism being a key factor linked to these mental health issues, suggesting a need for targeted screening.

This study offers evidence suggesting a probable causal role of certain gut microbiota in the development of alopecia areata.

This study used TikTok videos to explore experiences of individuals with lupus erythematosus, revealing that mucocutaneous symptoms significantly impact mental health and body image, while pharmacologic treatments are often viewed negatively, leading to important implications for clinical interactions and validation.

This review discusses the link between polycystic ovary syndrome and sleep problems, primarily obstructive sleep apnea, and calls for more research on other sleep disturbances in affected women and adolescent girls.

This study found that higher differentiation and moral justice were significantly related to increased sexual satisfaction.

This study found that long COVID symptoms vary over time, with pulmonary symptoms improving the most, while hair loss showed the poorest treatment outcomes and several factors like smoking slowed recovery.

This study found that repeated plateletpheresis had no significant effect on whole blood cells and plasma proteins in donors, maintaining levels within a normal range.

This study suggests a decision tree using in vitro metabolic clearance to identify early drug candidates likely to experience nonlinear pharmacokinetics due to intestinal CYP3A-related metabolism.

This study reported that health-related quality of life was significantly lower in adult Mediterranean women with PCOS and the anovulatory phenotype compared to controls at a tertiary hospital.

This study evaluated current treatments for pediatric alopecia areata and found that high potency topical steroids had the strongest supporting evidence, with promising results also observed for anthralin ointment and other treatments in lower-grade studies.

This study found that while the carboplatin-paclitaxel regimen for advanced lung cancer is more affordable than newer treatments and maintains a good performance status, it significantly increases risks of alopecia and peripheral neuropathy.

PDE inhibitors, especially PDE4 inhibitors like apremilast, are effective for certain inflammatory skin conditions but have side effects and can be costly.

This study reports that the burden of PCOS was higher among urban Indian adolescent females compared to their rural counterparts.

This article discusses the rationale, design, and significant findings of the long-running Rotterdam Study but reports no new clinical results.

This article reviews the design and objectives of the Rotterdam Study, as well as summarizes major findings, without reporting new results.

This review discusses the substantial impact of alopecia areata on patients' health-related quality of life, highlighting issues such as personality changes, emotional and social difficulties, and a common occurrence of alexithymia, and emphasizes the need for more specific assessment tools.

This article presents a model for evaluating public R&D that emphasizes measuring capacity-based metrics over traditional outcome-based metrics, using the concept of a Knowledge Value Collective.

This article describes the Frontiers journal series, highlighting its open-access approach and tiered publishing system, but it presents no new empirical findings.

This consensus report reviews current knowledge and identifies knowledge gaps concerning the various health aspects of polycystic ovary syndrome, without presenting new clinical findings.

This guideline outlines the management of systemic lupus erythematosus in adults but reports no new clinical findings.