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This article reviews various hair growth and hair loss treatments, noting limited new developments since FDA-approved drugs but highlights recent cosmetic surgery and potential cell-based therapies; it reports no original findings.

This case report discusses the diagnostic challenges and management options for three siblings with 46, XY DSD due to type 2 5-α reductase deficiency, highlighting the genetic basis and impact on their quality of life.

This study reported that all ten COVID-19 patients experienced early onset of Telogen effluvium within three months of infection, after recovering without hospitalization.

Robert T. Leonard Jr. disagrees with Max Rubin's negative views on hair loss treatment, advocating for hormonal tests in women and supporting the use of medications and surgery for androgenetic alopecia.

This review discusses the autoimmune nature of alopecia areata, potential therapeutic targets, and highlights the need for further studies on immunomodulatory treatments and genetic factors, but it reports no new clinical results.

This review discusses the role of the TCL1 transgenic mouse model in understanding chronic lymphocytic leukemia biology and highlights the importance of exploring new pathogenetic and therapeutic targets.

This study found that combining hair transplantation with platelet-rich plasma led to significantly better outcomes, such as reduced hair loss area and increased hair regeneration, compared to hair transplantation alone in patients with androgenic alopecia.

In this study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that increasing FGF9 levels in wounded mouse skin can lead to the growth of hair follicles.

This study concluded that two different brands of finasteride tablets are bioequivalent based on their pharmacokinetic parameters and relative bioavailability.

This study found that approximately 75% of women with PCOS exhibited hyperandrogenemia, with free testosterone being the most frequently elevated marker.

This case report describes a patient with HIV who experienced overlapping symptoms of primary and secondary syphilis and showed clinical and serological improvement after treatment with benzathine penicillin and antiretroviral drugs.

An 8-year-old girl developed a rare skin condition in a linear pattern on one side of her body after a lung infection, which improved with treatment.

This article describes acute and chronic telogen effluvium, highlighting the importance of differentiating them from androgenetic alopecia for accurate diagnosis and treatment strategies but includes no new clinical research findings.

This study found that in PCOS patients, variations in the lipin 1 gene, particularly the intron 1 SNP, may protect against insulin resistance and glucose intolerance, highlighting a potential genetic factor in the disorder's cardiometabolic complications.

This case report documents the development of vitiligo-like lesions in a patient with autoimmune thyroiditis following the use of topical squaric acid dibutylester for alopecia.

This review discusses recent advances in the understanding of alopecia areata, focusing on immunity and genetics, and presents potential targets for therapy without reporting new clinical results.

This study reported that testosterone levels over 150 ng/dL combined with lack of testosterone suppression during a low-dose dexamethasone suppression test may indicate androgen-producing tumors, though this wasn't consistent across all cases.

Eczema patients have a lower skin lipid to protein ratio, older and longer-staying hospital patients are more likely to get pressure ulcers, hair loss in AGA is linked to muscle degeneration, vitamin D deficiency is common in alopecia areata and linked to its severity, standard liver tests don't effectively detect fibrosis in psoriasis patients on methotrexate, and bullous pemphigoid patients have a higher death risk but combination therapy may reduce it.

This study presented cases where potentially significant germline variants were unexpectedly found during genomic profiling for myeloid malignancies, discussing the challenges in genetic counseling and management, especially when variants don't match the patient's condition.

A man with Klinefelter syndrome had a leg ulcer that didn't heal well, even with treatment.

This case report describes a successful treatment of scalp hair white piedra caused by T. ovoides with oral itraconazole and topical ketoconazole, using a combination of clinical, trichoscopic, microbiologic, and molecular methods for diagnosis.

This review systematically analyzed 22 clinical trials on hair care, finding that while most studies employed appropriate statistical methods, significant inconsistencies in reporting test assumptions and effect sizes may hinder reproducibility, highlighting a need for better standardization and transparency in these research practices.

This study evaluated a herbal shampoo containing flavonoid glycosides from Dicerocaryum senecioides and found that it successfully treated T. tonsurans infections in children's scalp when used daily, demonstrating significant effectiveness compared to a placebo.

Most women with hair loss take more supplements than average, but these often don't help and can be risky and costly.

This case study in an 8-month-old mixed-breed dog with symptoms and histopathological findings supports a diagnosis of hereditary junctional epidermolysis bullosa, although specific genetic mutations weren't identified.

This case report describes a young patient with a unique combination of dysmorphism, bullous eruption, skin and muscle atrophy, and hyperpigmentation that doesn't fit existing nosological categories.

The conclusions are: fecal short-chain fatty acids may help prevent cancer, fiber intake can reduce obesity, weight loss is hard for obese people, low BMI cancer patients are more prone to chemotherapy side effects, intermittent fasting benefits gut health, cherry laurel has health benefits in rats, certain gene variations can increase stress in hair loss patients, fecal acids can affect blood sugar levels, cold agglutinin can affect blood test results in autoimmune patients, and people with Crohn's disease have higher levels of a certain chemical in their blood.

This study observed that most age estimation tests in the Amazon region of Brazil are conducted for civil cases, highlighting the importance of thorough clinical and dental examinations in the absence of radiographic imaging.

In this experimental study on Holtzman rats with induced benign prostatic hyperplasia, the researchers observed that the extract of Physalis peruviana (aguaymanto) had a greater therapeutic effect on prostate weight reduction and prostatic epithelium height compared to finasteride and terazosine.

This study found that adverse effects from hormonal contraception were more common and severe with progestin-only injections compared to estradiol levonorgestrel combination pills.