October 2024 in “International Journal of Dermatology” In this meta-analysis, researchers found that oral and topical minoxidil treatments for androgenetic alopecia had similar efficacy in improving hair density and diameter, but oral minoxidil resulted in a higher incidence of hypertrichosis compared to topical use.
September 2024 in “Journal of Drugs in Dermatology” This review found that various dermatological procedures for Seborrheic Dermatitis, such as phototherapy and laser treatments, showed significant efficacy in small cohorts with high patient satisfaction, but highlighted the need for further research to standardize protocols and evaluate long-term outcomes.
August 2024 in “International Journal of Health Science” This narrative review found that Telogen Effluvium significantly affects women in Brazil due to its psychological impact and limited access to treatment, exacerbated by economic and healthcare disparities.
This study investigated the health-related quality of life in individuals with androgenetic alopecia before and after photobiomodulation sessions, but the results of the assessment are not reported in the abstract.
April 2024 in “Military Medical Research/Military medical research” This review explores the current and experimental therapies for chronic wounds, emphasizing the potential of cellular and immunotherapies in addressing these persistent conditions, but notes a shortage of comprehensive studies on their effectiveness.
January 2024 in “Clinical Research and Reports” This study reviews the barriers faced by Muslim women in accessing dermatological healthcare, emphasizing the need for cultural competency regarding their values and practices to improve care within this understudied area.
November 2023 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that disrupted cholesterol homeostasis impairs hair regrowth in individuals with primary cicatricial alopecia by damaging hair follicle stem cells, highlighting the importance of cholesterol in maintaining stem cell function and hair follicle integrity.
November 2023 in “Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open” This survey reported that Americans often view hair loss as affecting their attractiveness and consider hair transplantation a valuable option, with women willing to pay more than men despite being less likely to undergo the procedure.
August 2023 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” A scalp biopsy is essential for accurately diagnosing alopecia, with a 4-mm punch biopsy sectioned horizontally being the recommended technique according to this study.
July 2023 in “International journal of trichology” In this randomized controlled trial, researchers found that Cellcurin therapy significantly increased hair density, terminal hair, and vellus hair counts in men and women with androgenetic alopecia, compared to minoxidil control, over 12 weeks.
May 2023 in “Journal of Endocrinology and Reproduction” This study found that in primary cicatricial alopecia, reducing cholesterol production and targeting EMT modulators like PPARγ, AhR, AGTR, and TGFβ with siRNA may help mitigate hair follicle damage by modulating epithelial-mesenchymal transition, suggesting potential therapeutic strategies for slowing PCA progression.
January 2023 in “Brazilian Journals Editora eBooks” The document concludes that Passiflora incarnata could help with anxiety, telemedicine might improve heart failure care, screen time for kids has increased, pregnant teens in Brazil are mostly okay with their body image, rare tuberculosis infection can occur after knee surgery, older and severely ill people are more likely to have long COVID-19 symptoms, HPLC might diagnose more diabetes cases, and psychiatrists should be involved in pain management.
This study suggests that pre-trained Transformers only outperform syntactic and lexical neural networks on unseen DarkNet sentences after extreme domain adaptation, indicating unexpected advantages from their massive pre-training corpora.
January 2023 in “Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd” This study found a strong interest among aesthetic plastic surgeons in Guangdong, China, for further training courses, with significant differences in training preferences between private and government hospital surgeons.
October 2022 in “Amplla Editora eBooks” February 2022 in “Brazilian Journal of Health Review” In this study, researchers found that among women with frontal fibrosing alopecia and hyperpigmented facial lesions, most cases were diagnosed with lichen planus pigmentosus, while some were identified as melasma or drug-induced.
January 2022 in “JAAD case reports” This article describes two new cases of granulomatous alopecia areata, a rare variant with few previously reported instances.
In this randomized clinical trial, the use of Cellcurin serum for 12 weeks was associated with a significant increase in hair density and terminal hair thickness in individuals with androgenetic alopecia.
This study found that low-intensity light therapy improved quality of life related to emotional, psychosocial, and symptom domains in individuals with androgenic alopecia, with a greater impact observed in women.
May 2020 in “Dermatologic Therapy”
April 2020 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This study found that among transgender men undergoing long-term testosterone therapy, a severe pattern of androgenetic alopecia may indicate increased arterial stiffness, as measured by higher intima-media thickness of the carotid artery.
January 2020 in “Acta Scientiae Veterinariae” In this case report, a combination of ozone therapy, low-level laser, and herbal medicine gel effectively improved healing in a dog with chronic bite wounds.
January 2020 in “Journal of Cosmetics, Dermatological Sciences and Applications” This study concluded that TrichoxidilTM positively affected hair growth by increasing growth factor expression and fibroblast proliferation, suggesting it may be a promising treatment for androgenetic alopecia.
May 2019 in “Journal of clinical oncology” This study found that concurrent chemotherapy with radiotherapy may increase the risk of grade 2 persistent radiation-induced alopecia, while topical minoxidil showed potential benefits, though more research is needed on its efficacy.
December 2018 in “Bioscience Journal” This study reports the first known occurrence of Leporacarus gibbus infestation alongside Cheyletiella parasitovorax and Psoropotes cuniculi in a domestic rabbit in Espírito Santo, Brazil.
January 2017 in “Nutrafoods - International Journal on Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods and Novel Foods” This study found that a dietary supplement containing fermented soy, ornithine, arginine, and Tricovel® Tricoage45+ significantly reduced hair loss and promoted hair growth in menopausal women after 8 to 12 weeks.
January 2010 in “Ciencia UANL” This study found a significant relationship between androgenetic alopecia and insulin resistance-associated indicators like obesity in young men, suggesting a potential risk for developing cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
August 2008 in “European Neuropsychopharmacology” This study identified significant correlations between self-esteem, psychiatric symptoms, and health-related quality of life in peritoneal dialysis patients.
June 2007 in “Emergency medicine news” This article discusses the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of thallium poisoning, with no new clinical results reported; the authors emphasize the importance of early suspicion for effective intervention.
January 2003 in “Springer eBooks” Certain genes are linked to type 1 and type 2 diabetes in kids, and changes in these genes can also cause other diabetes-related conditions.