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Androgenetic alopecia, a genetic disorder affecting up to 50% of adults, is caused by an excessive response to androgens leading to hair follicle shrinkage. Treatments include FDA-approved drugs, other therapies like low-dose oral minoxidil, and hair transplantation.

Hormone levels in hair vary across the head, with the highest concentration of a key hormone linked to hair loss at the top.

The document concludes that more research is needed to understand hair loss in men and to find new treatments.

Hair loss causes differ between men and women due to changes in hormone levels and inflammation-related pathways.

Hair loss in men is mainly caused by hormones and genes, and while current treatments can slow it down, they can't fully stop it.

A certain mutation in the fetal alpha 5-reductase gene is linked to a higher risk of late miscarriage.

New compounds were made that are promising for prostate cancer therapy.

Germacrene analogs, especially 8-Hydroxy germacrene B, are more effective than germacrone at blocking a hormone-related enzyme and could help treat hair loss.

Minoxidil is the only drug proven to improve female hair loss, and dextroamphetamine sulfate may be a new treatment for certain types of hair loss.

Male pattern hair loss affects up to 80% of men due to genetics and hormone sensitivity.

Androgens play a key role in hair growth and disorders like baldness and excessive hairiness.

Male hormones and their interactions are crucial for male sexual development and characteristics.

The mouse model suggests male pattern baldness may be due to an enzyme increasing DHT and higher androgen receptor levels in hair follicles.

Finasteride effectively treats hair loss and enlarged prostate in men, with mild side effects.

The study created a new method to test drugs that affect hormone processing in skin.

Finasteride reduces prostate size and serum levels, helping manage benign prostatic hyperplasia, without affecting prostate cancer detection. Regular monitoring is needed for users.

Finasteride helps treat skin issues like acne and baldness by blocking testosterone conversion.

The new rodent model successfully mimics non-lean human PCOS symptoms.

Testosterone affects blood pressure control and inflammation in male rats with endotoxic shock, and blocking certain hormones may help treat it.

Henna significantly promotes hair growth and reduces androgen levels in mice with alopecia.

Saw palmetto in hair products might reduce hair loss but can cause side effects.

The developed model can predict effective 5-alpha-reductase enzyme inhibitors.

Common latent viruses might contribute to male-pattern baldness by disrupting cell processes that normally suppress hair loss-related proteins.

Different substances that activate or block the androgen receptor can affect male development and treat conditions like prostate cancer.

Finasteride treats baldness but may cause lasting sexual side effects.

Finasteride may reduce bleeding after TURP, but more research needed.

The chapter explains the causes of excessive hair growth and masculinization in women and how to measure hormone levels related to these conditions.

Early surgery reduces seizure risk in drug-resistant epilepsy; testosterone to DHT conversion doesn't affect muscle anabolism; veterans with PTSD likely to have riskier opioid use; bevacizumab helps in hereditary bleeding disorder.

Finasteride is a medicine used to treat enlarged prostate and prostate cancer, and it works by changing how testosterone works in the body.

Dutasteride is effective for treating prostate enlargement and reducing related surgery risk, but is not approved for preventing prostate cancer.