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- GenomeWide Analysis Provides Detailed Understanding of FleshEating Bacteria Epidemics
New research using nearly a dozen different genomic testing procedures has revealed unprecedented detail about the molecular characteristics and virulence of group A streptococcus (GAS), the "flesh-eating" bacteria, according to scientists at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), part of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health. The study, conducted by an international team led by RML scientist James M. Musser, M.D.,...
National Institutes of Health
- Heading Off Hair-Care Disasters:
Use Caution With Relaxers and Dyes
By Michelle Meadows It's never a good sign when the hairdresser panics. That's what happened to Barbara Cabrera-Avila, 38, when she returned to the salon about six weeks after having her hair straightened a couple of years ago. The cause for alarm: several bald spots in the back of her head. The Adelphi, Md., resident began having her curls straightened at the age of six so her hair would be easier to comb and style. She says over-processed hair likely played a role in her hair loss, and stress...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Hair Replacement:
What Works, What Doesn't
by Larry Hanover When the advertising slogan "Be Like Mike" caught America's fancy, it wasn't because every man decided to go for the Michael Jordan look by reaching for a razor and shaving his head. Sure, men like Jordan, Charles Barkley, and "Star Trek's" Patrick Stewart are part of a small minority who are proud of their baldness. But combating and covering up hair loss hasn't turned into an estimated $1 billion-a-year industry because Americans like the idea of hair...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Hair analysis
Hair analysis is the chemical analysis of a hair sample. Hair analysis is used in some branches of alternative medicine as a method of diagnosis. The hair is analyzed, and from the results advocates claim that they can diagnose mineral deficiencies and heavy metal poisoning by looking a the levels of chemicals in the hair sample. Test have shown that levels of heavy metal in the body may not be reflected by the levels in the hair[1]. When the same sample are sent to different labourites...
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News
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- Spearmint May Cut Excess Hair in Women
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Spearmint May Cut Excess Hair in Women
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Meta-Analysis On Antioxidants Provides Muddled Conclusions
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Allergy To Hair Dye Increasing
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Genetic Analysis Enables Personalizing Of Treatment Of Cancer
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
Clinical Trials
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- The Efficacy Of The Wavelight Mydon Laser for Hair Removal And Treatment of Leg Veins
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00366964 - Active, not recruiting
Leg Veins; Hair Removal
- Use of Radiostereometric Analysis (RSA) Following Spinal Fusion Versus the DYNESYS Stabilization System
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00152165 - Active, not recruiting
Radiostereometric Analysis following spinal fusion; Radiostereometric Analysis following surgery with DYNESYS Stabilization System
- Efficacy of Therapy With the Spironolactone Pills Compared to Minoxidil Lotion in Female Pattern Hair Loss
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00175617 - Recruiting
Female Pattern Hair Loss
- Study of Individuals and Families at High Risk for Cancer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00004007 - Recruiting
Bladder Cancer; Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors; Lung Cancer; Non-Melanomatous Skin Cancer; Retinoblastoma; Sarcoma
- Neoadjuvant Epirubicin, Cyclophosphamide, and Paclitaxel With or Without Gemcitabine in Treating Women With Early Breast Cancer
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00070278 - Active, not recruiting
stage II breast cancer; stage IIIA breast cancer; stage IIIB breast cancer; stage IIIC breast cancer

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