http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/health_medicine/hair_loss/ Hair loss and baldness are more treatable than ever. Learn about hair loss prevention, treatment options for alopecia, male pattern baldness, hair loss in women, and thinning hair in both men and women. en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:05:01 EDT Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:05:01 EDT 60 http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/logosmall.gif http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/health_medicine/hair_loss/ For more science articles, visit ScienceDaily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616163431.htm Performing a standardized 60-second hair count appears to be a reliable method for the assessment of hair shedding, according to a report in Archives of Dermatology. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080616163431.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080415194243.htm If clumps of your hair start to fall out from a common form of baldness, a new review of existing research unfortunately offers little comfort. Patients who are afflicted by the condition known as alopecia areata -- patchy hair loss -- should understand that there is no reliable, safe, effective, long-term treatment. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080415194243.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080224134747.htm Scientists have identified a gene that is responsible for a rare hereditary form of hair loss. The newly identified receptor plays a role in hair growth. Researchers now hope that their research findings will lead to new therapies that will work with various forms of hair loss. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080224134747.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071127080349.htm There is a close relationship between infection outbreaks on teeth and the presence of one type of hair loss. It starts with bald patches on the scalp, and sometimes elsewhere on the body. Researchers advise to going to the dentist when patients notice localized hair loss in order to have their oral health carefully examined. Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071127080349.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071119170224.htm Smoking may be associated with age-related hair loss among Asian men, according to a new report. The men's risk for hair loss increased with advancing age, but remained lower than the average risk among white men. Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071119170224.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070614082041.htm Researchers have discovered a way to transfer genes, which they hope will restore hearing, into diseased tissue of the human inner ear. This important step brings scientists closer to curing genetic or acquired hearing loss. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070614082041.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070611113313.htm Male pattern hair loss is a condition that affects as many as 50 percent of men by the age of fifty, but according to a new study, baldness may soon be a treatable condition. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070611113313.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070516133023.htm Researchers have found that hair follicles in adult mice regenerate by re-awakening genes once active only in developing embryos. A better understanding of this process could lead to novel treatments for hair loss, other skin and hair disorders, and wounds. Thu, 17 May 2007 11:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070516133023.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070205110939.htm Allergic reactions to hair dye are increasing as more and younger people dye their hair, warn researchers in this week's British Medical Journal. This can lead to dermatitis on the face and, in severe cases, facial swelling may occur. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070205110939.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061206095305.htm The popular hair-growth drug finasteride, taken by millions of balding men, artificially lowers the results of the prostate-specific antigen test, the standard screening test for prostate cancer, a multicenter study has found. Thu, 07 Dec 2006 05:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061206095305.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060828211809.htm Scientists looking at mice may have discovered why certain people are hairier than others in what could provide clues as to the reason some men go bald prematurely. Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060828211809.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060322085612.htm Finasteride, a medication approved to treat hair loss in men, may also improve the condition in women when combined with oral contraceptives, according to an article in the March issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060322085612.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051201224113.htm Hair follicle stem cells are important contributors to the wound-healing process, according to new research by investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Using an animal model, the researchers discovered that stem cells in the hair follicle are enlisted to help heal wounds in the skin. This finding may suggest a therapeutic target for the development of drugs to encourage and promote wound healing. Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/12/051201224113.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051017072600.htm Patients whose cancer has spread to the brain can avoid typical hair loss (alopecia) when treated with newer radiation techniques, thereby improving their quality of life while still controlling their cancer, according to a study presented October 16, 2005, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 47th Annual Meeting in Denver. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/10/051017072600.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050520172151.htm Scientists from the universities of Bonn and Düsseldorf , Germany, have shown that specific changes in the genetic 'construction manual' of the androgen receptor may result in premature balding. The affected gene lies on the x chromosome; men inherit the defect therefore from their mother -- supporting the widespread assumption that as far as hair loss is concerned men take after their maternal grandfather rather than their father. Fri, 20 May 2005 08:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050520172151.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041117004346.htm A progressive skin disease causing hair loss in adult humans was identified in laboratory mice, providing a genetic tool to study the disease known as alopecia areata (AA). Wed, 17 Nov 2004 08:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041117004346.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040316073634.htm Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have isolated stem cells responsible for hair follicle growth. The findings, published in the April issue of Nature Biotechnology, may serve as the foundation for new hair loss and skin grafting treatments. Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/03/040316073634.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/05/030515081140.htm University of Michigan graduate student David Van Mater knew something strange was going on when he noticed stubble on the shaved skin of experimental mice in his laboratory. Instead of the tumors he had originally expected to see, the mice were growing hair. Thu, 15 May 2003 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/05/030515081140.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/06/020617074312.htm Inactivating just one of more than two dozen similar genes can cause temporary but profound hair loss, known as alopecia, in mice, researchers from Johns Hopkins and the Pasteur Institute in France report in the June issue of Genes & Development. Mon, 17 Jun 2002 00:00:00 EDT http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/06/020617074312.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/03/020312073810.htm Two women with Parkinson's disease who developed alopecia (baldness) while being treated with the dopamine agonists pramipexole or ropinirole found that the hair loss stopped after the drugs were discontinued and replaced with a new treatment. The study is published in the current issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Tue, 12 Mar 2002 00:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/03/020312073810.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/12/011224080233.htm Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have identified a key factor in the cause of alopecia areata, a hair loss disorder that often strikes children. Their study, to appear in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology (December 2001), suggests that future treatments could involve desensitizing the body’s immune system to the substances that provoke the attack. Tue, 25 Dec 2001 00:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/12/011224080233.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/02/010215074636.htm Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have been able to grow hair faster and thicker on mice thanks to a protein that promotes blood vessel growth in their skin. The mouse hair follicles – while no greater in number than those of normal mice – are individually bigger. Collectively, they increase the total volume of hair by 70 percent. Mon, 19 Feb 2001 00:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/02/010215074636.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/11/981126103434.htm Everyone has bad hair days. For 30 million men in the United States, roughly 40 percent of those over 35, every day is a no hair day. The good news is that thanks to new research, baldness may be fading away. Researchers from the Howard Hughes Institute at the University of Chicago have induced hair follicle formation in the mature skin cells of mice. Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/11/981126103434.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/01/980130073111.htm Researchers at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons have discovered the first human gene associated with hair loss. The new gene, called hairless, is linked to a severe form of inherited baldness and may be the trigger that turns on the entire human hair cycle. The discovery could lead to a better understanding of the hair cycle and, eventually, more effective treatments for various forms of hair loss. Fri, 30 Jan 1998 00:00:00 EST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/01/980130073111.htm