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The study found that prolactin expressed in human scalp hair follicles acts as an autocrine modulator, inhibiting hair growth and promoting hair follicle regression, which may contribute to hair loss in hyper-prolactinemia patients.

This case report highlights the adverse effects of unmonitored bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, emphasizing the need for patient education about its safety and efficacy compared to FDA-regulated hormones.

This case study describes a 41-year-old woman with a solitary thyroid nodule who underwent successful right hemithyroidectomy after initial suspicion of malignancy from ultrasound, later confirmed as benign colloid goiter via FNAC, highlighting the importance of thorough evaluation in thyroid conditions.

This study found that human scalp hair follicles transplanted onto chemotherapy-treated immunodeficient mice closely mimic chemotherapy-induced hair loss seen in cancer patients, providing a valuable model for research.

This case report highlights a rare ovarian steroid cell tumor as the cause of androgen excess in a 36-year-old woman and underscores the importance of thorough preoperative workup to avoid unnecessary surgery.

This review discusses the proposal to rename Polycystic Ovary Syndrome as PolyMetabolic Ovarian Syndrome and reports no new clinical results, highlighting diagnostic misconceptions and the importance of personalized management.

This study discusses the potential of targeting 11β-HSD1 for treating metabolic syndrome and highlights emerging promising data from human trials on selective 11β-HSD1 inhibitors.

This review covers the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency and reports no new findings.

This case report details a patient with autoimmune hypothyroidism who experienced multiple health issues that improved with comprehensive treatment including Thyroxin replacement and other supportive measures.

This case report presents a 60-year-old woman with virilization and elevated adrenal androgens, where a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy confirmed ovarian steroid cell tumor NOS, and her symptoms resolved post-operatively.

This case report discusses a 35-year-old man with progressive alopecia areata who did not respond to minoxidil treatment but offers no new clinical trial results.

This case report suggests that ovarian steroid cell tumors should be considered in postmenopausal women with hirsutism and elevated testosterone, with surgery being effective in resolving symptoms and preventing recurrence.

This report describes a case where a 4-year-old boy with congenital alopecia due to hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia experienced significant hair growth after using topical minoxidil.

This study suggests that while PTH rP initially seemed to shorten the hair cycle by transitioning hair follicles from anagen to catagen, more relevant models indicate it ultimately accelerates and stimulates hair growth.

This review examines androgen status in male and female obesity and its influence on the metabolic syndrome, but reports no new clinical results.

This case report describes a 60-year-old postmenopausal woman with virilization and hirsutism caused by hilus-cell hyperplasia, which was confirmed following bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.

This article reviews surgical hair replacement techniques for bald patients dissatisfied with hairpieces and reports that various options provide good results with minimal side effects, emphasizing the importance of frontal area design for a natural appearance.

This study reported that treatment with cyproterone acetate alone and then with incremental estrogen doses induced mild feminizing effects in late-pubertal trans-girls, with further feminization observed after adding estrogen.

This study found that a diet with purified casein and sulfasuxidine resulted in poor growth and anemia in a pig, which improved after treatment with a liver extract.

A 6-year-old boy developed excessive hair growth after taking diazoxide for low blood sugar.

In this study, Chinese children with central precocious puberty receiving 6-monthly injections of triptorelin showed luteinizing hormone suppression and slowed development of sexual characteristics over 12 months, without severe adverse events, suggesting it may be an effective treatment option for this population.

Low-dose gonadotropin treatment is effective for infertility in women with PCOS, leading to high ovulation rates and comparable pregnancy rates with fewer complications.

This study found no significant differences in phosphatide distribution between normal and cancerous mouse epidermis during different stages of growth, despite variations in total phosphatide levels.

This study found that AHCC supplementation significantly reduced alopecia severity in Ara-C treated rats and mitigated liver injury-related side effects in mice treated with 6-MP and MTX.

This report suggests that clinically inapparent sweat gland tumors might cause scalp hair loss, as seen in a case of a 57-year-old woman with progressive hair thinning.

This article reviews the limited evidence on testosterone therapy for premenopausal women and notes a lack of long-term safety and effectiveness data for this population.

This case study highlights the significance of early diagnosis and treatment of Cushing's syndrome during pregnancy, as it is associated with severe maternal and fetal complications, including stillbirth.

This study observed that injecting mice with α-MSH resulted in black hair regrowth in shaved and plucked areas, suggesting a potential link to the agent darkening hair in animals with a specific pituitary tumor.

This study found that subclinical hypothyroidism was present in nearly 19% of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome, with no significant associations between thyroid dysfunction and most clinical features, but higher prevalence noted in those with hair loss and heavy menstrual bleeding.

FOL-005 peptide may help treat excessive hair growth safely.