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In this study, leflunomide was effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis, showing comparable efficacy to methotrexate and greater response rates than sulfasalazine, but has significant side effects that require monitoring.

This review discusses possible medication-induced hair loss and the need to exclude other confounding factors like stress and illness; it reports no new clinical findings and emphasizes careful assessment before attributing hair loss to medications.

This review discusses central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia and emphasizes the need for more research to understand and manage the disease, while also suggesting initiatives like educating hairstylists for early detection.

This article discusses a unique case of permanent chemotherapy-induced alopecia in a patient receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer, characterized by a distinctive histologic finding and excludes bone marrow transplantation, but reports no new clinical results.

The editor suggests removing "race" and "ethnicity" from dermatology and creating tools to objectively assess skin color and hair texture.

This case report describes a 65-year-old man diagnosed with atraumatic splenic rupture, which is rare and can occur without trauma, following sudden-onset left-sided abdominal pain.

This study observed that omeprazole was highly effective in reducing symptoms and esophagitis in children with severe esophagitis unresponsive to other treatments, though its long-term safety regarding elevated gastrin levels remains uncertain.

This study found that traction alopecia risk was higher in adults than children and increased further when traction was combined with chemically relaxed hair.

This review discusses traction alopecia in individuals with Afro-textured hair and emphasizes the importance of education to prevent this condition, but it reports no new clinical results.

This study found that oral tofacitinib led to clinically significant improvement in alopecia areata severity scores among pre-adolescents, though results varied and further evaluation in clinical trials is needed.

Many women with hard-to-treat acne also have PCOS.

This abstract discusses the efficacy of spironolactone, cyproterone acetate, and flutamide in treating female pattern hair loss, noting that flutamide use requires caution due to potential liver toxicity, especially at high doses.

This study found that alopecia significantly reduces quality of life among South African Black women, with subjective symptoms and self-image concerns having the greatest impact.

This case series observed a potential familial link in central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA), suggesting a genetic predisposition that may be worsened by hair grooming practices.

The document concludes that managing PCOS involves treating symptoms and reducing long-term metabolic risks, with lifestyle changes being important.

Pressure from surgical headrests can cause temporary hair loss in liver donors.

This study observed that multiple familial trichoepitheliomas commonly presented with a cribriform histopathological tumor pattern, differentiating them from solitary trichoepitheliomas.

This study found that 4-(4-Phenoxybenzoyl)benzoic acid derivatives may act as antioxidants by scavenging certain reactive oxygen species but exhibit prooxidant behavior under specific conditions.

In this pilot study on treating dorsal wrist ganglion, PRP injection showed limited effectiveness at 1-year follow-up compared to aspiration alone, with most PRP-treated patients experiencing ganglion recurrence, suggesting that an RCT would need at least 46 patients per group to further assess PRP's utility.

This study in Japan found that increased telemedicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic was linked to a significant reduction in both inpatient and total health care expenditures, without negatively impacting health outcomes such as mortality or common chronic condition indicators.

Results are not reported in this abstract, which raises the question of whether caffeine has a stimulating effect on hair growth both in laboratory settings and live subjects.

This review discusses the genetic disorder, monilethrix, characterized by fragile, brittle hair and its inheritance patterns, and reports no new clinical results.

This chapter reviews traction alopecia, discusses its clinical presentation and severity grading, and reports no new clinical results; the authors highlight controversies in its treatment and prevention strategies.

This study found that children are susceptible to SARS-CoV, with good short- to medium-term outcomes, and that sore throat and neutrophilia can predict severe illness.

This study found that trichoscopic examination is useful for diagnosing and monitoring systemic lupus erythematosus, with severe diffuse non-scarring alopecia indicating active disease.

This study found that acne keloidalis nuchae was associated with pseudofolliculitis barbae, chronic scalp folliculitis, and aspects of the metabolic syndrome, particularly hypertension, in the examined population.

This study found that hair regrowth occurred in 72.2% of alopecia areata patients treated with diphencyprone, with disease extent at baseline and duration affecting outcomes.

This review discusses diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome and highlights the challenges and risks of misdiagnosing women with other hyperandrogenism causes; it reports no clinical results.

This publication involves a case-series report on the treatment of male and female pattern hair loss using sublingual minoxidil in 64 patients, but it does not include an abstract or results.

This case report describes a patient with non-small cell lung cancer who experienced trichomegaly (excessive eyelash growth) as a side effect of erlotinib treatment without developing typical skin rash.