This study evaluated 32 marker compounds from natural herbal extracts and found that four of them, honokiol, isoalantolactone, broussochalcone A, and 3-deoxysappanone B, can induce hair growth, suggesting a potential natural treatment for hair loss.
January 2025 in “Excellence in Pediatrics Abstracts” In this study, 55 pediatric patients with hidradenitis suppurativa were assessed, revealing common comorbidities like obesity and acne, a frequent delay in diagnosis, and that most patients experienced symptom improvement with treatment including antibiotics and hormone therapy.
February 2004 in “Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment” This article discusses Dr. Jane Hightower's findings on mercury poisoning linked to fish consumption in patients and reports no new clinical results; it highlights ongoing debate and regulatory actions.
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June 2005 in “British Journal of Dermatology” HPV 60 may cause cysts and warts on the face, not just hands and feet.
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November 2018 in “Archives of Dermatological Research” 35 citations
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January 2001 in “Journal of Animal Science” This study found that dietary selenium levels above 5 ppm can lead to selenosis in pigs, with white-haired pigs showing alopecia sooner than dark-haired pigs.
March 2023 in “International journal of pharmaceutical sciences review and research” In this study, an Emulgel containing Tridax procumbens extract was formulated and found to have promising physical properties and antimicrobial activity for wound healing.
This study introduces a novel visible light-mediated intramolecular [2+2] cycloaddition process that forms 6-azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes, offering a new synthesis route for bioisosteric mimetics used in drug discovery, potentially expanding medicinal chemistry applications beyond traditional limitations.
May 2026 in “International Journal of Homoeopathic Sciences” This study found that individualized homeopathic medicine can significantly improve outcomes in patients with alopecia areata, including complete hair regrowth and reduced SALT scores within 5 to 12 months, without relapse, and shows promise for alopecia universalis through targeted miasmatic and constitutional remedies.
This study on Antirrhinum trichomes found that stickiness in A. hispanicum is due to a recessive allele and mapped it to a specific region on Chromosome 1, while baldness in A. siculum likely involves a novel hairy allele.
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August 2009 in “Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition” This study reports that gastrointestinal problems, such as intractable diarrhea and enterocolitis, can dominate the clinical course of patients with Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome and may occur before hematological and immunological symptoms.
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July 1968 in “Experimental Biology and Medicine” In this study, cystaselenonine treatment in mice resulted in hair loss limited to older growing hairs and delayed regrowth, while also causing temporary weight loss.
August 2026 in “Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences” In rats with cyclophosphamide-induced hair loss, this study found that applying cetirizine HCl-loaded emulgel with microneedling stimulated hair growth, suggesting a potentially safer alternative to minoxidil for treating chemotherapy-induced alopecia.
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December 2016 in “PubMed” This review discusses causes, diagnostic guidelines, and management strategies for hirsutism, highlighting the need for appropriate evaluations and treatment considerations in different patient populations, but reports no new clinical results.
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January 2014 in “Journal of analytical & bioanalytical techniques” This study assessed whether the elemental composition of human hair could serve as a marker for kidney stones, cholelithiasis, hypertension, and diabetes, but it reports only variations in element content along hair regions.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, trypsin digestion was found to be a faster and more efficient method than the explant technique for extracting bulge-derived keratinocytes from adult scalp biopsies.
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October 1987 in “The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism/Journal of clinical endocrinology & metabolism” This study found that serum 3 alpha-diol G levels in women with idiopathic hirsutism correlated well with their clinical response to treatment, suggesting its usefulness in evaluating treatment outcomes.
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September 2014 in “Birth defects research” This review discusses human epidermal neural crest stem cells (hEPI-NCSC) as candidates for cell-based therapies and drug discovery but reports no new experimental results.
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August 2021 in “The Journal of Urology” This study reported that seminal vesiculoscopy combined with transurethral resection of ejaculatory ducts and balloon dilation effectively resolved hematospermia and improved symptoms in a patient whose condition was unresponsive to medical treatments.
February 1990 in “PubMed” This study observed that hirsute females displayed increased S-phase hair bulb cells and decreased G0/1-phase cells compared to healthy females, with a strong correlation between S-phase percentages and DHEA-S levels.
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May 2003 in “Obstetrics and gynecology (New York. 1953. Online)/Obstetrics and gynecology” This review explores the evaluation and treatment of hirsutism, emphasizing a systematic approach to uncovering its causes and recommending combination therapies for effective management, but presents no new results.
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July 2023 in “Water” In this study, the genotoxic effects of the 2020 harmful algal bloom event were linked to specific toxic algal groups affecting Tradescantia plants, making Trad-SHM and Trad-MN tests suitable for evaluating HABs' toxic potential.
This chapter reviews various treatments for hirsutism, including antiandrogens, finasteride, eflornithine, and epilation methods, but reports no new clinical results.
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October 1992 in “PubMed” This study demonstrated immunological cross-reactivity between mycobacterial heat-shock protein 65 and human epidermal cytokeratin 1/2, suggesting that this cross-reactive epitope might play a role in skin diseases.
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January 2001 in “American journal of clinical dermatology” This study found that eflornithine 15% cream reduced unwanted facial hair growth more effectively than a placebo in women with hirsutism, but hair growth returned to pretreatment levels within 8 weeks of stopping treatment.
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January 2002 in “Zhiwu Yanjiu” Capitate trichomes have more endoplasmic reticulum and vacuoles, while peltate trichomes have more plastids and larger subcuticular spaces.
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July 2019 in “Experimental Dermatology” This review discusses cutaneous extramedullary haematopoiesis and its potential mechanisms but reports no new clinical findings.
April 2026 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study introduced hydrogel microneedles loaded with palladium nanoparticles, which utilize the inherent cytotoxicity of polyethyleneimine to enhance the effectiveness of doxorubicin in treating melanoma, achieving a tumor inhibition rate of up to 98% in a murine model.
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September 2016 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” In this prospective case series, intralesional triamcinolone injections significantly reduced erythema, edema, suppuration, size, and pain in acute hidradenitis suppurativa flares, though the study's small size and design limit the findings.
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January 2011 in “Dermatology” This case report describes a patient who developed localized hypertrichosis of the pinnae after undergoing orchiectomy and chemotherapy for testicular carcinoma.