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This narrative describes a dialogue between a nephrologist and a patient about skin darkening during dialysis, highlighting cultural sensitivity and the importance of addressing cosmetic concerns in medical care.

This review examines the current landscape of drug repositioning, highlighting that computational methods expand possibilities for reusing existing drugs to treat unmet medical needs. The authors discuss both the potential of these methods and the challenges faced in identifying new therapeutic applications.

This policy brief highlights that post-drug syndromes remain under-recognized in pharmacovigilance, leading to inadequate risk assessments and patient care. It identifies systemic failures in current frameworks and recommends actions to improve long-term drug safety monitoring and education, affecting public health outcomes significantly.

This review found that 5α‐reductase inhibitors were associated with slightly increased rates of decreased libido, erectile and ejaculatory dysfunction, gynecomastia, and mood disorders compared to placebo, though their long-term effects remain unclear.

In this study, adrenalectomy in black rats on a vitamin B-deficient diet restored hair growth and melanin deposition, effects reversed using adrenal cortical hormones.

In this animal study, finasteride treatment altered testosterone metabolism in rat corpus cavernosum, linked to mechanisms of erectile dysfunction, but these changes were reversed after stopping the drug, suggesting post-treatment sexual side effects may relate more to central control dysfunction than peripheral issues.

This study found that dutasteride pretreatment reduced certain sedative effects of alcohol and may decrease drinking behavior in adult men, likely by impacting neuroactive steroid levels.

This discussion proposes a model to incorporate patients with hormone-resistant prostate cancer into the existing framework by redefining hormone resistance and exploring new therapeutic approaches.

This study found that patients receiving active ritlecitinib doses reported greater satisfaction with hair growth compared to placebo, with high agreement observed between clinician evaluations of scalp hair improvement and patient satisfaction through week 48.

This study found that vitamin D receptor activation in primary keratinocytes can occur independently of the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃ ligand, likely through interaction with retinoid X receptors.

This paper presents an RGB video microscopic system to monitor optical properties of hair shafts and follicles in vitro, but reports no new clinical results.

Lack of vitamin D receptor increases skin tumor risk by boosting hedgehog signaling.

This study concluded that combining the Shumin treatment instrument with oral doxycycline provides better clinical outcomes for rosacea than combining red light therapy with doxycycline, while both regimens improved quality-of-life scores and reduced Demodex counts.

This study found that NDRG1 expression increases during the proliferation of infantile hemangioma and may positively regulate its growth, while FOXO1 downregulation plays a role in its pathogenesis.

In this study, finasteride was found to significantly reduce DHT levels and affect spermatogenic markers in rats, while DA-9401 co-treatment indicated potential ameliorative effects.

This study found that PRP injections may safely improve penile curvature and PDQ scores in men with stable-phase Peyronie's Disease, although the curvature reduction observed was not enough to determine long-term clinical significance.

This study found that repeated finasteride administration in male Wistar rats led to increased depression-like behavior, suggesting an animal model for investigating finasteride's neuropsychiatric effects is viable.

This study found that finasteride reduced impulsivity in a rat model of pramipexole-induced probability discounting, possibly by normalizing D3 receptor expression in the nucleus accumbens.

This study found that long-term use of 5α-reductase inhibitors is associated with improved overall survival in men with renal cell carcinoma, particularly those with low comorbidity not receiving surgery or systemic therapy, suggesting a potential role for androgen modulation in disease management.

This study found that proretinal nanoparticles, applied topically, are safe and effective for penetration into hair follicles, enhancing retinoid biological activity in the skin while reducing irritation compared to conventional retinal formulations.

The authors concluded that diazoxide reduces undesirable side effects compared to minoxidil while increasing elastic fiber content and decreasing cell number in the aorta, suggesting potential suitability for treating vascular conditions with low arterial elastin and hypertension.

This review discusses the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in regenerative plastic surgery and dermatology for hair regrowth and skin revitalization, noting some potential side effects without reporting new clinical results.

In this study, researchers identified PSENEN mutations that can lead to a form of Dowling-Degos disease, characterized by follicular hyperkeratosis and an increased susceptibility to acne inversa, especially in the presence of certain trigger factors.

This study suggested that non-colony dissociated hiPSCs can be effectively differentiated into functional RPE cells, and hiPSC-RPE cell spheroids showed promise for use in subretinal transplantation in animal models of retinal degeneration.

This study discusses the rising interest in drug repositioning, particularly in response to COVID-19, and highlights various computational and experimental approaches used for repurposing existing drugs across different diseases, including rare conditions and chronic kidney disease.

In this study, researchers conducted additional IHC staining on equine skin sections and found that collagen type III primarily labels the extracellular matrix, while anti-PDGFR-antibody staining highlights cells with long-shaped processes mainly arranged around hair follicles.

In a case study of vitamin D-dependent rickets type 2A, researchers observed that while active vitamin D treatment failed to improve bone and laboratory abnormalities, oral calcium lactate significantly ameliorated these issues, although skin and hair problems remained unresponsive.

This study found that enalapril treatment reduced hematocrit levels in posttransplant erythrocytosis patients and increased transferrin saturation index and ferritin levels in those with iron deficiency among long-term renal transplant recipients.

This study found that the absence of vitamin D receptor signaling in mice impairs the inflammatory response to skin injury, particularly affecting macrophage recruitment and granulation tissue formation.