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In this retrospective cohort study of individuals diagnosed with late-onset systemic lupus erythematosus after age 80, most were women, joint and skin issues were prevalent, average survival was 4.5 years, and men had notably lower survival rates with higher mortality.

This study investigated how keratinocytes in the skin respond to different iron levels and found they play a significant role in regulating iron homeostasis by storing iron, affecting epidermal differentiation, and influencing inflammation-related gene expression in mice.

This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for prescribing testosterone therapy to women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder, noting a moderate therapeutic benefit but highlighting limited data and regulatory challenges.

This study found that topically administered spironolactone in healthy volunteers resulted in no detectable systemic absorption or changes in related hormone levels over 72 hours, indicating local effect only.

This study found that adding low-level laser therapy to conventional treatment for canine acral lick dermatitis significantly increased hair growth compared to conventional therapy alone, but did not significantly reduce licking behavior.

In this study, female patients with androgenetic alopecia reported high stress levels, but the type of hair loss treatment did not significantly affect stress alleviation.

In this study, researchers reported significantly higher serum calprotectin levels in alopecia areata patients compared to controls and that these levels were associated with the disease's severity, type, duration, and nail involvement, suggesting calprotectin as a potential marker for inflammation in these patients.

This case report illustrates that prompt diagnosis and management of myositis, a rare manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, can lead to favorable patient outcomes, as demonstrated by symptom resolution and normal electromyocardiography findings.

This case report describes the first successful use of telitacicept in treating a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and a history of papillary thyroid carcinoma, suggesting its potential as a therapeutic option for such conditions.

This study found that both topical and oral finasteride significantly reduced plasma DHT after one week, with lower finasteride plasma exposure for the topical formulation.

This review discusses current topical treatments, natural products, and complementary therapies for androgenetic alopecia, but it reports no new clinical results.

This study found that treating a murine model of systemic lupus erythematosus with early and optimally dosed mesenchymal stem cells effectively suppressed disease severity.

This study found that lower GPX4 mRNA levels in polymorphonuclear neutrophils of systemic lupus erythematosus patients were negatively associated with disease activity and serological markers, suggesting a diagnostic value for GPX4 mRNA.

This case report details a 38-year-old woman in Sri Lanka diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus-associated protein-losing enteropathy, identified through hypoalbuminemia and EULAR criteria in a resource-limited setting.

This case study reports that patchy nonscarring alopecia without systemic involvement can be an atypical initial indication of juvenile onset systemic lupus erythematosus.

In this study, low grade inflammation was associated with skin conditions like atopic eczema, onychomycosis, and rosacea in an adult Finnish population.

In this study, spironolactone was found to be a safe and effective treatment for acne in women over 25 with abnormal hormone levels, while younger women with normal hormone levels showed less response.

This review discusses the relationship between vitamin D and various skin diseases, highlighting the importance of evaluating vitamin D status and addressing deficiencies, and reports no new clinical results.

This review examines the development of cardiovascular risk factors related to testosterone levels in PCOS women and reports no new clinical results.

This article reviews the complex role of various biological, genetic, and environmental factors in acne pathogenesis and notes no new clinical results.

This study reported that visceral massage improved skin elasticity and metabolic indicators such as glucose and lipid levels, suggesting its potential as a non-invasive method for enhancing skin health and systemic metabolism.

This meta-analysis reviewed 25 studies and suggested that herbal interventions could improve reproductive health in women with PCOS, showing benefits across measures such as Body Mass Index, hirsutism, and insulin levels, although results were mixed for fasting glucose and FSH levels.

The authors concluded that low energy laser therapy may serve as a useful complementary treatment for skin diseases such as lichen planus, infectious finger pulpits, scalp alopecia, and crural ulcers.

This article discusses the extent of investigation needed for diffuse alopecia in women but reports no new findings.

This study found that hair steroid profiling is a feasible, non-invasive alternative to serum analysis in adolescents, with androgen levels correlating more strongly with body size and composition in boys than girls.

This study compared serum and hair steroid hormone profiles in adolescents and found that hair steroid profiling is a feasible, non-invasive alternative to serum analysis, with androgen levels in both mediums correlating more strongly with body size and composition in boys than in girls.

In this study, vitiligo and alopecia areata were more common among patients with chronic graft-vs-host disease than previously reported, linked to higher NIH skin scores and greater immunosuppressive treatment.

Recent hair loss research shows some progress, especially in understanding male pattern baldness, but effective treatments for many types of hair loss are still lacking.

This study found that alopecia areata patients have a higher prevalence of carotid subclinical atherosclerosis, with factors such as disease duration, systemic inflammation, and insulin resistance potentially contributing to this increased risk.

This case report reviews the management of Rowell syndrome in a patient initially diagnosed with Rhupus syndrome and highlights their development of erythema multiforme after certain medications.