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There is a hope for those who are suffering from male-pattern and female-pattern baldness. You may no longer need to wear wigs or feel embarrassed about your balding condition. New developments in medicine suggest a potential cure for hair loss.
A team of researchers in Pennsylvania say it is possible to regenerate damaged hair follicles. They made this conclusion after they successfully created new hair cells in mice.
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Who would have thought that drinking coffee could provide greater health benefits than just being one good source of anti-oxidants? Now coffee can be used to combat hair loss. Yes, that dreaded male-pattern baldness, which affects 50 percent of men aged 50 years old and above. But how in the world did that happen? What has coffee got to do with stopping hair loss?
A research carried out at the Department of Dermatology and Allergology at the University of Jena, in Germany studied the effect of caffeine in hair follicle samples and found out that caffeine application spurred growth of hair follicles.
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It is quite typical for men-men with male pattern baldness included-like us to drool over the latest gadgets out in the market, from the newest earth-shattering stereo systems to the coolest cellular phones. But if made to choose between state of the art toys and more hair, more than half would go for the latter, says a recent survey conducted by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS).
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For the millions of men who are using finasteride-more popularly known by its brand name Propecia-here's a bit of disconcerting news.
Scientists said Monday that finasteride-which is registered in many countries as a drug for male pattern baldness-can mask an important marker used in screening tests to detect prostate cancer. Reuters has more:
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Scientists attribute hair loss to a number of factors, but a recent study has discovered that problems in a gene may be a cause of inherited hair loss.
The study conducted by the University of Massachusetts, however, doesn't blame baldness solely on the problematic gene, called the LIPH gene. The United Press International tells us more:
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At present, a number of hair restoration procedures are already in place, most of which have produced a number of satisfied patients. But the British Government has shown its willingness to further push the envelope in the fight against male pattern baldness and alopecia in women with its decision to grant a 1.85-million pound grant to a UK biotech company that is developing a robot designed to grow hair follicle cells.