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This review discusses the potential of cold atmospheric plasma as a selective antitumor therapy for breast cancer but reports no clinical results, emphasizing its promise and the challenges to its use in precision oncology.

This article highlights that a low suspicion for tinea capitis in adults with scaling and hair loss may delay diagnosis and treatment, urging confirmation through KOH, fungal culture, or biopsy.

This study reported cold thermal injuries on the scalp in four patients using cold caps to prevent chemotherapy-induced alopecia, suggesting improper application can lead to adverse events.

This case study reported a successful surgical excision of two cephalocele lesions in a female neonate, resulting in uneventful recovery and appropriate neurodevelopment during a seven-month follow-up.

A woman permanently lost hair on her scalp after a long surgery.

This article is a letter to the editor discussing late unexpected consequences of COVID-19 infection in individuals who survived acute hypoxic respiratory failure and includes no new research results.

This article reviews the clinical challenges in diagnosing tinea capitis due to its varying symptoms and reports no new clinical findings, emphasizing the need for careful differential diagnosis.

This study found that hyperbaric oxygen treatment in rats led to structural changes in epidermis and dermis, including decreased E-cadherin expression and increased connective tissue.

This article describes subclinical ketosis in pregnant cows and associates it with several metabolic changes and clinical signs, reporting decreased levels of hemoglobin and glucose and increased ketone bodies.

This review discusses recent advancements in cold atmospheric plasma therapies for dermatology, covering optimization, treatment of skin diseases, safety, and does not report new clinical outcomes; it calls for continued research in the field.

In this case study, a 45-year-old immunocompetent woman with tinea capitis exhibited an unusual presentation of the infection with a scaly plaque and hair loss, which responded well to treatment with itraconazole.

The authors concluded that liver transplantation in children with propionic acidemia can reduce the risk of metabolic decompensation and enhance quality of life, although some metabolic issues may persist.

This case report describes a rare instance of tinea capitis in a 19-year-old male, initially misdiagnosed as dissecting cellulitis, highlighting the need for accurate diagnosis to prevent scarring alopecia.

A fungal infection can look like a different scalp condition in teens, leading to wrong treatment until proper tests are done.

This study highlights that hypoalbuminemia, often found in critically ill or elderly hospitalized patients, may increase morbidity, mortality, and hospitalization duration, suggesting specific conditions where oral or parenteral albumin supplementation should be considered.

This case report documents a young woman who experienced a visual field defect similar to those linked to vigabatrin use, despite treatment only with valproic acid and carbamazepine, suggestive of a possible metabolic vulnerability in certain patients with specific genetic backgrounds.

A child on life support experienced rapid hair loss due to severe illness affecting hair growth.

This study presents three cases where tinea capitis in children mimicked cicatricial alopecia and explores host and fungal factors that may influence the disease's presentation and treatment.

This preliminary study suggests that hyperbaric oxygen therapy may improve scalp health and follicle activation in healthy adults, with subjective assessments showing significant improvements despite mixed objective findings.

This case report describes a 45-year-old man with a pituitary macroadenoma whose symptoms and tumor size improved significantly after one month of treatment with cabergoline.

This study found that sensitive scalp is characterized by increased pH levels, redness, altered sebum composition, and a disrupted microbiome, suggesting these features could inform treatment approaches.

In this study, researchers found that adult tinea capitis in Korea shows unique epidemiological and clinical features compared to children, which may lead to misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis.

This study found that erythrocyte-anchored CPA-encapsulated nanoparticles improved the delivery and accumulation of Cepharanthine in the lungs, enhancing its effectiveness in treating acute lung injury by reducing inflammatory responses.

This case report describes three adults with inflammatory tinea capitis mimicking bacterial infection, emphasizing the need to consider this diagnosis in similar cases; all were successfully treated with oral antifungal agents.

Tinea capitis can be quickly diagnosed and treated using dermoscopy to prevent hair damage.

In this systematic review, researchers found that Tinea capitis in individuals aged 65 or older is frequently misdiagnosed, primarily affects women, and often presents with inflammatory symptoms; systemic antifungal therapy led to clinical cure in 91.2% of cases.

This study found that an alternating inflatable head pad significantly reduced the incidence and severity of occipital pressure ulcers and alopecia in patients undergoing open heart surgery, suggesting improved postoperative nursing and patient quality of life.

This study reports a rare case of refractory status epilepticus in a 48-year-old man after a hair transplant, likely due to neurotoxic effects from combined use of local anesthetics and tranexamic acid, highlighting the importance of early recognition and management of such complications.

This case report describes a patient with ectopic Cushing's syndrome who experienced fatal complications from COVID-19, highlighting the challenges in managing such patients due to immune response alterations from endogenous hypercortisolemia.