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This review highlights emerging evidence that biophysical and metabolic cues, such as oxygen levels and tissue mechanics, significantly influence skin stem cell behavior, which is crucial for developing advanced wound healing therapies beyond traditional infection and inflammation control.

This study found that the psychosocial impact of AA is more strongly related to patients' illness perceptions and stigma than to the severity of the disease.

This study found that African-American and Hispanic patients with systemic lupus erythematosus reported higher levels of unmet psychological needs and may be more prone to depression and anxiety due to SLE-related challenges.

This study found that the quality of life for Japanese lupus erythematosus patients with skin manifestations improved after treatment, though female gender and older age were associated with poorer outcomes in certain quality of life domains.

This review discusses the impact of HRT on menopausal skin and hair symptoms and argues that potential benefits should be part of informed decision-making for managing menopause.

This study found that experiencing childhood abuse is associated with higher BMI, but hair cortisol and cortisone do not mediate this relationship.

This study found that exposure to certain elements during pregnancy, measured in maternal hair, was associated with increased risk of gestational diabetes and potential impacts on infant neurodevelopment, with elements like Ta, Re, and Se posing the highest risk for gestational diabetes.

This study suggests that combining GliSODin(®) Skin Nutrients with tazarotene cream significantly benefits facial fine wrinkles, photodamage, moisture, and elasticity compared to tazarotene alone.

This review highlights the connection between sex hormones and metabolic dysfunction, emphasizing how conditions like male hypogonadism and female hyperandrogenism can increase the risk and severity of hepatic steatosis, which often progresses alongside metabolic syndrome and elevates mortality risks.

This study found that patients with alopecia areata in Dubai experience significant disease and economic burdens, especially when comorbid with psychological conditions, despite frequent dermatologist consultations and topical steroid prescriptions.

This study reviews the types of alopecia associated with lupus erythematosus and discusses treatment challenges, highlighting that non-scarring alopecia is specific to systemic lupus while chronic cutaneous lupus can cause scarring alopecia, with topical corticosteroids and oral antimalarials as primary treatments for cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

Women have a higher DHT/testosterone ratio than men, possibly due to gut bacteria activity.

This review discusses the relationship between gut microbiota and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), including its potential mechanisms and the role of alterations in microbiome composition on PCOS pathophysiology.

This study highlights conflicting evidence on the safety and efficacy of nutritional supplements for hair loss in breast cancer patients, emphasizing the need for oncologist management and further research.

This study found significant associations between PCOS susceptibility and specific genetic variants in the APOA5 and PLIN1 genes among Western Saudi women, identifying novel alleles and genotypes that may influence PCOS risk and related clinical characteristics.

These guidelines provide updated recommendations for healthcare professionals on preventing, diagnosing, and treating iron deficiency in pregnant and postpartum women in the UK, acknowledging the lack of high-quality evidence for many current practices.

This study found that among older men, low levels of free dihydrotestosterone were associated with an increased risk of developing atrial fibrillation.

This study found that while intensive lifestyle interventions were associated with favorable changes in SHBG levels due to reduced adiposity, these changes did not consistently predict diabetes risk reduction.

This study found that specific inflammatory factors, including decreased SCF, MIP-1β, and MCP-1, and increased SDF-1α and HGF, have causal relationships with rosacea, highlighting potential targets for further research into disease mechanisms.

In this report, a 35-year-old female with palmoplantar pustulosis undergoing secukinumab treatment developed alopecia areata, a rare side effect attributed to paradoxical reactions with IL-17 inhibitors; switching to tofacitinib improved both conditions.

This study found that skin changes in morbidly obese individuals are associated with underlying metabolic disturbances but are not currently valuable as independent tools for assessing metabolic risk or treatment response.

This review suggests that the TSC22D family genes may influence metabolism and cancer, potentially serving as a therapeutic target for conditions like diabetes, obesity, and certain tumors, depending on the tumor environment.

This study in north Sudan found that 25% of women have traction alopecia, with the condition linked to factors like family history of pattern baldness and the use of hair color or chemicals, while increasing age was associated with a lower risk.

This article discusses the complex aetiology, diagnostic criteria, and challenges in diagnosing polycystic ovary syndrome, but does not report new clinical findings.

This study highlights that improved diagnostic techniques for prostate cancer could decrease the number of men needing diagnosis and treatment to save one life and identifies avoidable risk factors, such as smoking, diet, and occupation, that may influence prostate cancer risk.

This review summarizes advancements in forensic DNA phenotyping for appearance, ancestry, and age prediction from crime scene samples, reporting no new research findings but highlighting areas needing further research and validation.

This consensus document reviews current knowledge on sex differences in essential hypertension and identifies areas needing further research to improve sex-specific prevention and management strategies.

This review establishes a tolerable upper intake level of 255 μg/day for selenium in adults, warning that supplements and Brazil nuts may cause excess intake.

This study reports that systemic lupus erythematosus patients with Evans syndrome often exhibited photosensitivity, hypocomplementemia, and elevated serum IgG, while lupus nephritis was less common, suggesting distinct clinical features.

This book chapter reviews the role of natural products in cosmetics and their widespread use in skincare and haircare but reports no new results.