Hair Loss Health Center

Common Disorders

• Female pattern baldness
• Male pattern baldness
• Alopecia areata
• Hair loss
• Trichotillomania
• Aging changes in hair and nails
• Radiation therapy
• Trichorrhexis nodosa
• Hair - dry
• Exfoliative dermatitis
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Hair Loss - Health News

• 1 in 5 Pharmacies Hinders Teens' Access to 'Morning-After' Pill: Study
  Whether they deliberately mislead callers or simply don't know the law is unclear
  
• Research Spots Potential New Target in Fight Against Baldness
  Study found levels of a particular protein much higher in bald spots
  
• Prostate Size May Be Clue to Severity of Cancer
  In certain cases, smaller gland linked to more aggressive disease, study shows
  
• Many Gay Men Would Support 'Home HIV Test': Study
  Not yet approved for public use, it picks up AIDS virus in later stages of infection
  
• New Therapy Might Help Relieve Painful Foot Condition
  Preliminary study suggests it could work in hard-to-treat cases of plantar fasciitis
  
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• Just How Sleep-Deprived Are You?!?
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• Smoking Cessation Quiz
  How dependent to nicotine are you? Find out now!
  
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  We've all been trained to look for cancer's risk factors, but what happens when there are no risk factors at all? What doctors know now that could impact your life, and your child's life, a decade from now.
  
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  When you think about HPV, you think of a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cancer in women. But, half of all men may have it and not even know it's putting them at risk for cancer, too. Plus, some doctors say it can be transmitted just by kissing.
  
• Hair Transplants without the Pain
  Male Patter Baldness affects 40 million men in the U.S. We show you a new way to put those hairs back where they belong, with a lot less pain and scarring.
  
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