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The FDA approved a new breast cancer treatment, found flu shots may reduce heart risks, questioned the safety of fast-tracked drug approvals, showed statins don't help with certain pneumonia, and approved a new dementia imaging agent.

In this study, sodium valproate as monotherapy stopped seizures in 50% of epileptic children and was most effective in primary generalized and photosensitive epilepsies with notable side effects.

This case study potentially links the use of anabolic steroids to increased severity of COVID-19 in a healthy 28-year-old man, with marked symptom improvement following treatment with proxalutamide.

CTP-543 effectively promotes hair regrowth in adults with moderate to severe alopecia areata.

This study found that tadalafil use was associated with a decreased risk of major adverse cardiac events and venous thromboembolism in men with lower urinary tract symptoms.

This case report describes the first known instance of fixed drug eruption linked to finasteride, confirmed through an oral challenge test that reproduced symptoms at the same skin site.

This study reported that while both sorafenib and lenvatinib may require dose modifications due to adverse events in treating advanced or metastatic thyroid cancers, key differences in side effect profiles were observed.

This review discusses the development of valproate as an effective monotherapy for controlling generalized seizures and reports no new clinical results.

This article recounts a series of "hair burning syncope" cases in black girls experiencing seizures during hair grooming with hot irons, without presenting new research findings.

This study reported that toxic shock syndrome, originally noted in children, is now predominantly associated with menstruating women, with some experiencing recurrence and complications like vocal cord paralysis and impaired finger sensation.

In this case report, hyperandrogenism, including hirsutism and elevated testosterone, in a post-menopausal woman on anastrozole for breast cancer may be attributed to the drug after ruling out other serious causes like ovarian hyperthecosis.

In this reported case, a 50-year-old man developed an acneiform rash, a common skin side effect of EGFR inhibitor therapy, after starting lapatinib for breast cancer; treatment with doxycycline and hydrocortisone cream led to significant improvement within one week.

This case report suggests that lamotrigine treatment may be associated with hair loss as a rare side effect, based on the observation of hair regrowth after discontinuation of the drug in a single patient.

Haloperidol decanoate can cause alopecia areata.

This case report describes a probable connection between lamotrigine treatment and hair loss, resolving upon discontinuation, suggesting alopecia as a rare side effect of the drug.

This case report details a 28-year-old male who developed trichotillomania following a traumatic brain injury, highlighting diagnostic challenges in distinguishing overlapping psychiatric and compulsive behaviors, and underscores the importance of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary treatment approach.

This article discusses the clinical features, diagnosis, and management of acute radiation syndrome, using a case of a boy exposed to radioactive material in the desert, but reports no new research findings.

This study reviewed data from three hospitals and found that alopecia after DRESS occurred more often in severe cases, but the rate of corticosteroid treatment did not significantly differ between patients with and without alopecia.

This review in SEDA Volume 40 summarizes new adverse reaction data for diuretics published in 2017, highlighting specific risks such as fractures with loop diuretics and hyperkalemia with spironolactone.

This study highlights the importance of recognizing tourniquet syndrome in children, particularly caused by hair or threads, as it can lead to serious complications like necrosis if not swiftly addressed.

This study found that both levetiracetam and valproate sodium effectively reduced seizure frequency and duration in patients with refractory epilepsy, but levetiracetam had fewer side effects related to liver enzyme changes.

In this study conducted at Shafa Hospital, Kerman, Iran, 3.5% of patients using sodium valproate as an antiepileptic experienced hair loss and curling over ten years.

Progesterone treatment improved seizures in a woman with menstrual cycle-related epilepsy, but a wrong medication worsened her condition.

This article provides contact details and affiliations for Amy M. Karch and Fred E. Karch; it presents no new research findings.

Pallister-Killian Syndrome is a complex genetic disorder requiring coordinated care and genetic counseling.

In this case series, four adults developed severe, disabling multisymptom illness potentially linked to fluoroquinolone use, which persisted and progressed even after discontinuation of the drug.

This case study reported that an 18-year-old woman ingested a large amount of topical minoxidil, leading to symptoms like low blood pressure, increased heart rate, and elevated liver enzymes, but recovered fully after treatment. Minoxidil toxicity may rarely cause abnormal liver enzyme levels.

In this animal study, atorvastatin co-administered with trastuzumab reversed trastuzumab-induced cognitive impairment (chemo-brain) and improved its anti-cancer efficacy without causing hair loss.

This case report describes a rare occurrence of tacrolimus-induced atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in a pediatric liver transplant patient, where discontinuation of tacrolimus resolved symptoms and re-initiation was later tolerated without recurrence.