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Intramuscular triamcinolone and pulse therapy with oral predonine are effective for alopecia areata with manageable side effects, but better relapse prevention is needed.

Methylprednisolone infusions can help some people with severe alopecia regrow hair.

Estrogen-progestin contraception lowers ovarian, endometrial, and colon cancer risk but may raise breast and cervical cancer risk, helps with menstrual and acne issues, and new methods are as effective as pills. Metformin helps overweight women with PCOS and insulin resistance, and dopamine agonists treat prolactinomas.

The study created a new method to test drugs that affect hormone processing in skin.

A toddler with a rare adrenal gland tumor causing male-like physical changes was successfully treated with surgery.

Diabetes often causes various skin problems and complications.

The main enzyme found in pubic skin that could be targeted to treat excessive hair growth is 5 alpha-R2.

A man with skin and hair symptoms improved partially with specific treatment.

The document concludes that treatments for cicatricial alopecia are not well-supported by evidence, but hair transplantation shows more predictable and satisfactory results.

Certain genetic markers linked to wool quality in Rambouillet sheep were identified, which can guide better breeding choices.

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome should be seen mainly as a condition of excess male hormones, with a focus on this in its definition.

Hair follicle hyperplasia is common in both benign and malignant skin lymphoproliferative disorders, with a proposed new term "pseudolymphomatous adnexitis."

Activin helps skin growth and healing mainly through stromal cells and affects keratinocytes based on its amount.

Older adults diagnosed with lupus show less severe symptoms but have a lower survival rate, often due to age-related factors.

Becker's Melanosis and Hypertrichosis mainly affects young males, causing brown skin patches and extra hair on one side of the upper body.

Certain medications and maintaining adequate iron levels can help manage women's hair loss.

Hair loss involves immune responses, inflammation, and disrupted signaling pathways.

Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia involves disrupted cholesterol pathways, fibrosis, and increased mast cells.

Increased TEMRA cells can predict treatment outcomes in rapidly progressive alopecia areata.

Androgen suppression therapy (AST) doesn't significantly lower bladder cancer risk, but using finasteride, a type of AST, might decrease the risk. AST also lessens the chance of cancer coming back but doesn't really affect survival rates. More research is needed to understand AST's benefits for different bladder cancers.

Androgens may influence T cells, contributing to higher autoimmune liver disease risk in women.

Black women with CCCA are more likely to have uterine fibroids.

Androgen suppression therapy (AST) doesn't significantly lower bladder cancer risk, but using finasteride, a type of AST, might reduce it. AST decreases recurrence-free survival but doesn't affect overall survival or progression-free survival. More research is needed to understand AST's benefits.

More people, especially Hispanic/Latinx, in certain NYC communities experienced temporary hair loss during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conflicting findings in androgenic alopecia are likely due to biopsy location, hair diameter diversity, and hair follicle miniaturization.

Finasteride is effective and safe for treating hidradenitis suppurativa in both adults and some younger patients.

Regulatory γδ T cells help protect hair follicles from alopecia areata and promote hair regrowth.

Hydroxychloroquine effectively reduces symptoms of frontal fibrosing alopecia, especially in the first 6 months.

The 2940-nm Er: YAG fractional laser may help treat receding frontal hairlines in men with androgenetic alopecia.

Not having the gene PLAAT3 leads to fat loss, high insulin resistance, and abnormal fat levels in the blood due to a disruption in fat cell development and function.