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This study examined data from the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System and found that finasteride use is linked with both known and previously unlisted adverse events, such as erectile dysfunction and post-5α reductase inhibitor syndrome, with variations observed by age and sex.

This study explored how an educational intervention on reducing phthalate exposure through hair care product choices influenced the hair care practices of pregnant women of color, identifying key life stages and themes related to these practices, including cultural influences, product impacts, and individual autonomy.

This study reported the development of a novel and reliable liquid chromatographic method to measure testosterone and epitestosterone in human urine, offering sensitive detection for doping control.

This study found that during the Covid-19 lockdown, the percentage of abstinent and low-risk alcohol drinkers increased while moderate and chronic drinking decreased compared to the previous four years.

This article discusses laboratory and physical markers that may help detect androgenic anabolic steroid abuse in athletes and reports no new primary research results.

This study found that platelet-rich plasma significantly increased hair count, density, and the percentage of anagen hairs in patients with androgenetic alopecia, but these improvements did not correlate with platelet or growth factor levels.

This study demonstrated that intramuscular corticosteroids were effective for severe alopecia areata, with significant hair regrowth in 80.2% of patients, though a high relapse rate was noted post-treatment. Nail involvement and disease duration over six months negatively impacted outcomes.

This case report from Qatar highlights the failure of traditional diagnostic approaches in a young woman with severe hair loss, emphasizing the potential benefits of DNA-guided nutrigenomics and the importance of compassionate communication in addressing psychosocial 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 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 study assessed the potential for Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion power in Fiji, finding higher power output and efficiency during summer due to greater temperature differences between surface and deep sea waters.

This study observed a temporal association between tamsulosin use for benign prostatic hyperplasia and an increased risk of severe hypotension requiring hospital admission during the first eight weeks of treatment initiation and restart.

This study found that long pulsed Nd: YAG laser is a safe and effective method for hair reduction in individuals with skin types IV and V, with significant improvements observed over six sessions.

This study found that adding concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide to radiotherapy for patients with anaplastic gliomas improved progression-free survival without adversely affecting health-related quality of life.

This narrative review concludes that long-term randomized controlled trials are needed to establish clear guidelines for testosterone therapy in women, given the lack of FDA-approved formulations and the variable quality of current treatments.

This study examined the dementia risk in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia using alpha-blockers and 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, finding no significant association between these medications and increased dementia risk compared to no treatment, but noted higher risk probabilities for certain 5ARIs.

This study found that Myoinositol and D-chiro inositol treatment improved fertility outcomes in women with PCOS, particularly in Phenotypes A and D, but larger studies are needed to confirm these results.

This study found that 62 plasma proteins are significantly associated with the risk of obstructive sleep apnea, offering potential targets for new therapeutic strategies.

This study found that after application of a testosterone cream containing 17α-methyltestosterone and testosterone propionate, these compounds could be detected in dried blood spots up to 97 hours post-application, potentially leading to sample contamination during fingertip puncture.

This study explores the complexities of interpreting single drug exposure in hair, emphasizing factors like drug distribution variability and suggests methods to validate single exposure findings in forensic cases.

This review discusses the use of hair analysis for detecting misuse of drugs in livestock, covering hair biology, drug incorporation, sampling methods, and analytical techniques, but reports no new findings.

This study found that female patients in Finnish specialized health care with a history of doping use exhibited high rates of psychiatric and substance use disorder morbidity, with less than half of those using anabolic androgenic steroids showing atypical red blood cell parameters.

This report describes a case of primary cutaneous follicle centre cell lymphoma presenting as hair thinning on the scalp, which is not a recognized feature of the condition.

This study found that the yeast androgen screen (YAS) could detect the activity of methyltestosterone in urine for a longer period than classical GC/MS, potentially identifying long-lasting metabolites.

This paper discusses advancements in forensic hair analysis, emphasizing a novel DART–HRMS method that improves the accuracy and efficiency of detecting drug use timelines.

This study developed and validated a comprehensive method using mass spectrometry to profile sex (pro)hormones in plasma, with results showing reliable calibration and detection of 31 analytes in samples from pre- and postmenopausal women and men, while addressing potential over- or underestimations in analyte concentrations.

This review discusses various forensic applications of hair analysis, such as species identification and drug addiction testing, and reports no new study results.

This study identified key dermoscopic markers such as yellow dots, black dots, broken hairs, and coudability hairs, which were associated with a poorer prognosis in alopecia areata patients.

This study suggests that while hair analysis using GC-MS is a sensitive method for detecting cocaine ingestion, it may not reliably indicate the amount, timing, or duration of drug use due to interindividual variability and multiple incorporation mechanisms.