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- Taking Care of Your Voice
We rely on our voices to inform, persuade, and connect with other people. Your voice is as unique as your fingerprint. Many people you know use their voices all day long, day in and day out. Singers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, nurses, sales people, and public speakers are among those who make great demands on their voices. Unfortunately, these individuals are most prone to experiencing voice problems. It is believed that 7.5 million people have diseases or disorders of voice. Some of these...
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- "Care Managers" Help Depressed Elderly Reduce Suicidal Thoughts
An intervention that includes staffing doctors’ offices with depression care managers helps depressed elderly patients reduce suicidal thoughts, a study funded by NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has found. Martha Bruce, Ph.D., Cornell University, Charles Reynolds, III, M.D., University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues report on the outcome of the intervention in three major Eastern U.S. metropolitan areas in the March 3, 2004 Journal of the American Medical Association. Older...
National Institutes of Health
- New Program Treats Rural Youth and Targets Barriers to Care
Adolescents and teens with emotional and behavioral problems will receive treatment as part of a new study in eight of the poorest Appalachian counties in Eastern Tennessee. Researchers will work with judges, school administrators, and community leaders to overcome barriers to mental health services. The project is structured to ensure that successful therapies and partnerships with state funding agencies and organizations will continue after the study ends. The 5-year, more than $4...
National Institutes of Health
- Care for Children and Adolescents With Cancer: Questions and Answers
Key Points Children's cancer centers are hospitals or units in hospitals that specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in children and adolescents (see Question 1). Several groups have established standards for children's cancer centers or programs (see Question 2). Children with cancer can receive treatment in clinical trials (research studies) at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland (see Question 9). A child's pediatrician or family doctor often...
- Lupus: A Patient Care Guide for Nurses and Other Health Professionals Patient Information Patient Information Sheet #13, Antimalarials
and Other Health Professionals Patient Information Sheet #13, Antimalarials Antimalarials are very effective in controlling lupus arthritis, skin rashes, mouth ulcers, and other symptoms such as fatigue and fever. They are used to manage less serious forms of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in which no organs have been damaged. Antimalarials are also very effective in the treatment of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE). Although antimalarials may be very effective in controlling your lupus,...
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Organizations
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- American Hair Loss Council - http://www.ahlc.org/
- Health Care for the Homeless Information Resource Center, Bureau of Primary Health Care - http://www.bphc.hrsa.gov/hchirc
- CARE USA - http://www.care.org/
- Cancer Care, Inc. - http://www.cancercare.org/
- Special Care Dentistry - http://www.scdonline.org/
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
- Allergy To Hair Dye Increasing
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Spearmint tea may help treat excess body hair
Reuters - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:31 EST
- Mild Hirsutism Could Be Treated With Spearmint Tea
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:00 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
- 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
- Copper Histidine Therapy for Menkes Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00001262 - Recruiting
Kinky Hair Syndrome
- Efficacy Study of Topical NEOSH101 to Treat Male Pattern Hair Loss
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00418730 - Active, not recruiting
Androgenetic Alopecia
- The Effect of Laser Hair Removal on Permanent Hair Reduction
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00279643 - Completed
Laser Hair Removal From Healthy Subjects

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