Finasteride: are certain anti-baldness drugs too risky?
Medicines containing finasteride or dutasteride are prescribed for baldness. Faced with multiple side effects, the European Medicines Agency is conducting ...
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Baldness: a discovery to prevent hair loss?
Researchers have discovered a solution to prevent hair loss, and even stimulate its growth, by acting on hair stem cells. ...
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Heart disease: anti-baldness medication reduces risks
Researchers have discovered that a drug prescribed to combat baldness in men may benefit cardiovascular health and cholesterol. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Skin cancer: bald people are more at risk
Adults losing hair are more likely to suffer from skin cancer due to increased sun exposure on the head and ...
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Hair loss and baldness: what causes alopecia?
Alopecia, or hair loss leading to baldness, has several causes. Here are the ones. THE ESSENTIAL Men are more affected ...
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In the laboratory, human hair grows on animals… to fight against baldness!
© Shutterstock / STEKLOWe are born with all hair follicles, which contain hair stem cells. But the human body is ...
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Baldness: a new solution to prevent hair loss?
Researchers have found a way to prevent hair loss and even stimulate hair growth by acting on hair stem cells. ...
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Baldness: hairy moles could facilitate hair regrowth
American researchers have identified a molecule, present in hairy moles, which promotes hair regrowth. THE ESSENTIAL Osteopontin is a very ...
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Early baldness: a risk factor for heart disease
© ThinkstockBaldness and early graying of hair could be signs of a high risk of heart disease before age 40 ...
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Hair loss: sugary drinks would promote baldness in young men
Do you find hair more and more often in your sink or your comb? The culprits might not be stress ...
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Baldness, soon healed?
Scientists have succeeded in creating hair follicles in in vitro experiments. Eventually, this could make it possible to manufacture a ...
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A protein could help fight against baldness
TGF-beta protein may control hair growth and hair loss. Eventually, researchers could use this discovery to overcome baldness. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Perfume your hair with sandalwood, the solution against baldness?
© Getty ImagesIn France, 24% of men and 11% of women aged 35 to 49 are affected by baldness, according ...
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Baldness: osteoporosis drug makes hair grow
© GettyImagesToday, to overcome baldness, also called androgenetic alopecia, there are only 3 treatments: two drugs (minoxidil and finasteride) and ...
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Treatment against baldness: beware of the risk of depression
© ThinkstockCases of depressions and sometimes suicidal ideation have been observed in men treated for baldness with finasteride 1 mg. ...
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Baldness: more than 200 genes identified
Baldness traumatizes the majority of men and few solutions exist to fight against it. Today, more than 200 genes of ...
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Baldness: a drug against rheumatoid arthritis could remedy it
A patient withalopecia universalis (loss of all hair and body hair) and plaque psoriasis was cured of both ailments after ...
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A hope of treatment against baldness
© istockHope for one out of two men who suffer from baldness from 55 years old. It comes from American ...
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Going bald: it’s a matter of genetics
In mice, the FOXC1 and NFATC1 genes are thought to be responsible for hair loss. Eventually, thanks to this discovery, ...
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A new effective patch against baldness
A new patch has done better than minoxidil, the local reference treatment against baldness. THE ESSENTIAL 811,000 men and women ...
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A micro-needle patch to overcome baldness
Hair loss is linked to oxidative stress and insufficient blood circulation. THE ESSENTIAL 30% of men aged 30 suffer from ...
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Why can you go bald?
The mystery of baldness could soon be lifted: researchers have just identified the cell division mechanism of the hair follicles ...
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A promising treatment for hair regrowth
Small molecules would play a role in the regeneration of follicles. They could eventually be used as a treatment for ...
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Baldness: the ANSM warns against the side effects of finasteride
Tuesday, December 10, the ANSM warns against the side effects of finasteride or Propecia, a drug used by men to ...
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Baldness: an investigation launched on the side effects of Propecia
The drug Propecia would cause depressive disorders and libido and sometimes suicidal behavior. Symptoms may persist after stopping treatment. Experts ...
Read moreEarly baldness: a risk factor for heart disease
© ThinkstockBaldness and early graying of hair could be signs of a high risk of heart disease before age 40 ...
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Men’s quest for physical perfection harms their fertility
Two researchers warn men taking steroids or treatment for baldness that by seeking to be more attractive, they are seriously ...
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Baldness: legal proceedings launched against the drug Propecia
A dozen men who suffered serious sexual and psychiatric side effects after taking the anti-baldness drug Propecia, decided to launch ...
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Parkinson’s disease, legal proceedings against an anti-baldness and endometriosis Pesticides: the Parkinson’s disease of an arborist recognized as a professional Baldness: a legal procedure launched against the drug Propecia Endometriosis: these signs which must imperatively alert you
Justice recognizes the professional origin of the Parkinson's disease of an arborist, a dozen men launch legal proceedings against an ...
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Scientists stimulate hair regrowth on damaged skin
American researchers have managed to regrow hair on scarred skin by stimulating cells present in the dermis. Hope for those ...
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