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July 2020 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” Environmental factors, hormones, nutrition, and stress all significantly affect skin health and aging.
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December 2013 Men with more vanadium in their blood and who drink less soy milk are more likely to have hair loss.
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