February 2025 in “Advances in Therapy” The topical finasteride spray was safe and well-tolerated with stable effects.
January 2025 in “Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina Pannonica et Adriatica” In this study, oral minoxidil treatment significantly increased serum VEGF levels and improved hair growth measures compared to a control group, suggesting its potential as an effective approach for promoting hair regrowth in androgenetic alopecia.
December 2024 in “Cureus” This study observed that among breast cancer patients at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, common chemotherapy side effects impacted dietary patterns, leading many patients to be moderately malnourished, while 82% were overweight or obese, posing a higher risk of cancer recurrence.
October 2024 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” In this retrospective chart review, researchers observed that estrogen monotherapy effectively suppressed testosterone levels below 50ng/dL in all transfeminine patients studied, particularly those using injectable formulations, though the small sample size and ongoing data collection limit these findings.
October 2024 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” In this retrospective study, among transfeminine patients aged 19-81 receiving gender-affirming estrogen therapy, 100% achieved testosterone suppression without anti-androgens when serum estradiol exceeded 100pg/mL, predominantly using injectable estrogen.
May 2024 in “Journal of ayurveda and integrated medical sciences” In this study, a clinical trial on a vegan patient with Vitamin B12 deficiency showed that administering Amra Beej Majja Churna over two months increased serum Vitamin B12 levels and alleviated symptoms like hair loss and tingling sensations in the lower limbs.
April 2024 in “The Indonesian Biomedical Journal” This study found that non-vitiliginous melanocyte stem cells from vitiligo patients were unaffected by the disease and could effectively differentiate into melanin-producing melanocytes, suggesting their potential for use in cellular therapy for vitiligo repigmentation.
October 2023 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This case report describes a unique instance where elevated prolactin levels from a pituitary adenoma were associated with hirsutism due to increased dihydrotestosterone, with treatment leading to normalization.
May 2023 in “Frontiers in chemistry” This study found that hair from the vertex posterior is a reliable sampling region for detecting zolpidem intake, showing consistent drug concentration and peak position compared to other scalp regions.
April 2023 in “Clinical theriogenology” This report highlights the usefulness of specific diagnostic procedures, including penile/preputial cytology and transabdominal ultrasonography, in diagnosing cryptorchidism and Sertoli cell tumors in dogs with generalized skin conditions.
July 2022 in “International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS) (En línea)” In this study, researchers found that serum dihydrotestosterone levels were significantly lower in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes compared to healthy controls, with 90% of diabetics displaying subnormal levels.
July 2022 in “Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery” This study found that Vitamin B12 deficiency was more common in patients with chronic telogen effluvium than in healthy controls.
March 2022 in “VNU Journal of Science Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences” This study developed a sensitive method using LC-ESI-MS/MS for accurate and reliable measurement of nine steroid hormones in children's serum.
January 2022 in “The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine” This study found that higher serum IL-21 levels may serve as a promising diagnostic and prognostic marker for alopecia areata, strongly correlating with disease activity.
April 2020 in “Research Square (Research Square)” In this study, PBMCs from women with PCOS showed reduced TNF-α production over time, potentially limiting their antitumor response to breast cancer cell lines compared to healthy controls.
April 2020 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This case report emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis of Swyer Syndrome in adolescents with slow pubertal progression and primary amenorrhea due to the high risk of germ cell cancers.
April 2019 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This case report describes an unusual instance of myxedema in a woman with severe hypothyroidism, presenting with skin findings in atypical locations and improvement following levothyroxine treatment.
August 2018 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study found that while both conventional care and teledermatology showed similar clinical response rates for treating actinic keratosis with imiquimod 5% cream, teledermatology was associated with higher treatment failure and local reaction rates.
January 2018 in “International journal of medical biochemistry” This study found that female patients with telogen effluvium had significantly lower levels of serum ferritin, folate, and vitamin B12 compared to the control group.
September 2012 in “European journal of psychotraumatology” This study presents a new LC-MS/MS method that allows for more accurate detection of seven steroid hormones in human hair, enhancing the specificity and reliability of hormone analysis in psychoneuroendocrinological research.
This study found that in mice with alopecia areata, a single subcutaneous injection of botulinum neurotoxin serotype A significantly reduced hair loss and stimulated hair follicle regeneration.
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January 2020 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This review evaluates various kits for isolating platelet-rich plasma using established processing standards and finds they enable compliance with consensus quality criteria; ongoing research is needed to refine these procedures for improved consistency and safety.
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January 2014 in “The Journal of Sexual Medicine” This study found that transdermal testosterone significantly increased the frequency of satisfactory sexual events in women experiencing SSRI/SNRI-related loss of libido, but did not improve overall sexual self-rating scores.
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March 2012 in “Clinical Endocrinology” This study established a normative free androgen index range of 0.7-6.4 and identified a cut-off value of 6.1 for reproductive-age women in southern China, highlighting hyperandrogenic women's increased metabolic disorder risks.
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February 2022 in “Nature communications” This study identified KRT82 as a significant Alopecia Areata risk gene, finding that rare damaging variants are linked to elevated immune cell infiltration around hair follicles in affected individuals.
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December 2021 in “Applied sciences” This study observed that a combination of micro-needling and low-level light/laser therapy significantly increased hair density in patients with mild to moderate androgenic alopecia, showing an increase of 12 hairs/cm² after 16 weeks, compared to baseline.
January 2020 in “Veterinary world/Veterinary World” This study found that a topical solution of essential oils, plant-extracted polyunsaturated fatty acids, and Vitamin E improved hair shine, reduced flaking and hair loss, and enhanced skin hydration in rabbits with skin issues.
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August 2018 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” In this study, teledermatology did not significantly differ from in-person visits in complete response rates for actinic keratosis treatment, but it showed higher treatment failures and more frequent local reactions.
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April 2018 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This study found that female patients with frontal fibrosing alopecia are significantly more likely to have systemic lupus erythematosus compared to controls.
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April 2018 in “Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology” This review presents the practice of using hair bioelement analysis to assess nutritional status or environmental exposure, proposing complex interactions and hypotheses regarding depression and autism but reports no new clinical results.