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Solve the mystery: Is hair loss more than just an aging process?
The Virginian-Pilot
For example, warmer seasons (spring, summer) affect our hormones, stimulating hair growth. When the weather turns slightly “chilly” (fall), we experience an increase in hair loss. As our body loses or sheds hair, the body naturally replenishes – unless
What Every Black Woman Needs to Know About Hair Loss: Part 3
Huffington Post
For other people, the hair loss may progress to the point that all of the scalp hair is lost, and the condition is then called alopecia totalis. If hair is lost form the entire scalp as well as the entire body, the condition is called alopecia
Should you go gluten-free?
Fox News
Long-term symptoms include easy bruising, hair loss, missed menstrual periods, fatigue and joint pain, and dermatitis, or itchy skin. Diagnosis Often the results of a blood test help detect Celiac Disease. If a blood test comes back positive for the
Weight-Loss Surgery May Also Help Menstruation, Skin, Hair
U.S. News & World Report
By Mary Brophy Marcus FRIDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) -- Obese women often stop getting their periods, but new research suggests weight-loss surgery can help regulate their monthly cycles, while also stemming excessive hair growth and skin problems
First stem cell drug approved for systemic disease treatment
Fox News
Graft versus host disease (GvHD) is a potentially deadly complication from a bone marrow transplant, when newly implanted cells attack the patient's body. Symptoms range from abdominal pain and skin rash to hair loss, hepatitis, lung and digestive
Keratin Made My Hair Fall Out! A Cautionary Tale (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post (blog)
Hair loss after keratin was common, she said; hair loss can occur after a stressful event, whether it's emotional stress, physical stress on your body (like giving birth) or a treatment like that that traumatizes the hair root.
Empowering the Body to Fix Its Parts
Scientific American (blog)
The most common type of hearing loss, sensorineural, is the result of injury to the hair cells of the inner ear's Organ of Corti, most commonly due to infections, medication, noise and aging. Hair cells are mechano-transducers which convert sound
What Every Black Woman Needs to Know About Hair Loss: Part 2
Huffington Post (blog)
My goal is also to help you avoid hair loss, particularly the types that are easily preventable and treatable. Regrettably, there are several types of hair loss that we don't understand enough about and, therefore, we are unable to prevent them.
It's Just Hair, So Kids, Adults Cut It Off
Patch.com
For some, having hair would be wonderful. But on Monday, it was all about cutting it off to help those girls who suffer from long-term medical hair loss. Locks of Love creates and provides custom hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under
Cool foods for summer
The Hindu
Sure, the body needs water to replenish lost fluids, but it also requires a special summer diet too! Here are some food items that can make your summers cool: Vegetables: Those with high water content should top the list, as they help hydrate your body
