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This study found that the hair cortisol measurement procedure was reliable, unaffected by the choice of tubes, and that hair cortisol concentration correlated moderately with the number of intense aggressions experienced.

Married Egyptian women with PCOS have lower sexual desire compared to those without PCOS.

This study suggests that chest, arm, leg, and beard hair samples may be viable alternatives to scalp hair for monitoring long-term alcohol intake, although body hair is more typically collected from men.

This case report describes a 15-month-old girl with a history of dermatitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, and failure to thrive, leading to a suspected diagnosis of Netherton syndrome.

This review highlights the light microscopic features of various infectious and non-infectious hair conditions and reports no new clinical results.

This study offers genetic evidence supporting a causal relationship between thyroid dysfunction and alopecia areata, which may help in managing and treating AA patients.

In this study conducted under controlled laboratory conditions, warm water and shallot extract were found to significantly speed up the germination of lettuce and napa cabbage seeds compared to untreated seeds, though further testing is needed in nursery or field settings.

This study found that sex hormone-binding globulin promotes facial aging, while sex steroid hormones such as testosterone and estradiol inhibit it, with growth hormone levels showing no significant effect.

This article discusses the rising demand for hair transplant surgery amid a global shortage of training and fellowship programs, and it reports no new results.

This study evaluated various NLP models for detecting bias in medical curricula, finding that fine-tuned BERT models perform well, whereas LLMs, despite being state-of-the-art in many tasks, are unsuitable for this application.

This study investigates the potential causal relationship between hypothyroidism and hair loss conditions like alopecia areata and androgenetic alopecia, noting that previous studies have reported inconsistent findings. Results are not yet detailed.

This report describes a case where dermoscopy of shed hair helped diagnose post-COVID acute telogen effluvium by revealing depigmented club-shaped bulbs, highlighting its potential as a noninvasive diagnostic tool.

This study presents a method using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry to quantify biotin in plasma and serum, and explores how high biotin intake can interfere with diagnostic immunoassays that utilize biotin-streptavidin technology, potentially leading to misdiagnosis of endocrine disorders.

This review discusses the evaluation and treatment of mandibular trauma, covering various injuries, imaging techniques, surgical methods, and complication management, but reports no new research findings.

Hair chromium levels reflect nutritional status after standard washing.

This study found that patients with alopecia areata experience significantly poorer quality of life compared to the general population, affecting mental health, social functioning, and overall health outcomes.

The study suggested certain immune cells might cause alopecia areata, but it was retracted.

This study found evidence that atopic dermatitis may increase the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, and alopecia areata, but not other autoimmune diseases.

This study reported that pulverizing hair samples significantly improves the precision of testosterone measurement, with higher testosterone concentrations observed in men than in women.

This study explores the potential connection between circulating cytokines and immune skin diseases, offering insights that may enhance understanding of their causes, diagnosis, and treatment approaches.

This study observed that platelet-rich plasma samples from female patients show significant variability in growth factor secretion, which may influence the inconsistent clinical response in alopecia treatment.

This study found that a laboratory model using nude mice can produce human hair follicles with amino acid compositions resembling both normal and trichothiodystrophy-affected human scalp hair over extended periods.

Hair testing is a reliable method for detecting workplace drug use when done with proper sample preparation and confirmation.

This study found that the optimal characteristics for ulin seed oil extraction are fresh, mature, and resinous seeds, and that FTIR spectrophotometry with PCA can effectively detect adulteration of the oil, particularly at certain wavenumbers like 1745 cm⁻¹.

This study found a widespread vitamin D deficiency among medical laboratory visitors in Misurata City, with 80.42% of females and 19.57% of males affected, and higher deficiency rates during winter and spring, particularly in individuals aged 35–45.

This study found a bidirectional causal association between major depression disorder and alopecia areata, but no association between mental disorders and androgenetic alopecia, suggesting a focus on mental health strategies for alopecia areata management.

In this retrospective study, researchers found that the diagnostic yield for alopecia skin biopsies was lower with longer durations of disease onset and suggested improving diagnostic accuracy through standardized request forms and digital pathology integration.

This study assessed zinc concentrations in breast milk from 58 Palestinian lactating women and found that breast milk zinc levels varied with demographics such as age, urban living, employment status, and intake of zinc-rich drinks.

This study details a step-by-step protocol for preparing mammalian skin samples, including hair follicles, for spatial transcriptomics to overcome challenges inherent in applying this technique to the skin.