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Meeting of "Beautiful Bold Bald Women" on Saturday -- alopecia support group
The organization "Beautiful Bold Bald Women," a nonprofit to promote alopecia (hair loss) awareness, is meeting this Saturday, June 8. The next "Gloriously Bald" meeting starts at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Old Hampton Community Center, 201 Lincoln St.,...
Tags: Alopecia
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A hair-loss solution that goes beyond wigs and toupees
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt almost goes without saying that hair is huge business in Hollywood. Healthy, beautifully coiffed and colored locks are a key calling card for those in the spotlight. Exhibit A: Jennifer Aniston's headline-generating honey-blond shag, hyped year after...Tags: Dermatologists, Health Treatments, Biotechnology, Personal Service, Business
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Of course you're stressed. Just look at you.
We all know the face of stress: the clenched jaw, the furrowed brow, the intense stare. And, really, it's not a bad look. We all do some of our best work under pressure. Adrenaline and other stress hormones give us the kick start we need to meet deadlines...
Tags: Gum Disease, Botox (drug), Symptoms, Root Canal, Drugs and Medicines
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'Parenthood's' Monica Potter reflects on 'draining and challenging' season
The season finale of NBC’s “Parenthood” brings more than a little relief for Monica Potter. The 41-year-old actress has seen her character, Kristina Braverman, through an emotionally grueling season, complete with everything from a...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Lung Cancer, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Monica Potter
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Makeup to go with your new gray 'do
Dear Answer Angel: After many years of coloring my hair, I have let it go gray. I am happy with the result but I am wondering if I should purchase some new makeup to go with my new hair color. Maybe I should be choosing different shades of blush,...
Tags: Fashion Trends, Chemotherapy, Dermatologists, Health Treatments, Ellen Tracy
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'The Hat Trader' provides free wigs, support for cancer patients
She doesn't know how many women she has helped over the years. But, she does know that their numbers are growing. For a dozen years now, Suzi Williamson, 69, a breast cancer survivor herself, has been providing women cancer patients with free scarves,...
Tags: Health Treatments, Sentara, Hospitals and Clinics, American Cancer Society, Ovarian Cancer
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Communication skills are important in any profession
The ability to effectively communicate a complex idea is one of the many things that separate man from the lesser animals. Animals do communicate to a degree, like a dog that raises his hackles to make himself appear larger than he is to a potential foe,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Barack Obama, Arable Farming, Genetic Engineering
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Hampton woman working to publicize alopecia - hair loss can affect all ages
Latina Sethman-Benthall has no hair. By age 12, after several years of patchy hair loss, her diagnosis of alopecia universalis, an autoimmune disease that affects 5 million Americans — men, women and children — left her completely bald. For...
Tags: Alopecia, Hair and Nails
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Amazing Locks of Love story
WGNO NewsThe cause for Alopecia Areata is unknown. Doctors think it’s an autoimmune condition but they aren't sure, the one thing they do know, the condition causes hair loss. Amelie St. Romain was diagnosed at the age of two. That's where Locks of Love...Tags: Alopecia, Charity, Human Interest
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Ringworm infection takes on many forms
Despite its name, ringworm is not caused by a worm. Instead, it develops when fungus grows and multiplies on the skin. Dr. Dakara Rucker Wright, a dermatologist with the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group who practices at Kaiser Permanente's Towson...Tags: Dermatologists, Symptoms, Athlete's Foot, Tinea Cruris, Skin Rash
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Baldness Breakthrough: New warning and new hope for hair loss
CW33 NewsA few years ago Sean McWalter noticed his hair was thinning—not much but enough for him to try the baldness drug Propecia. “Soon after I started taking it there was some noticeable side effects,” Sean said. “Mainly I just felt...Tags: Propecia (drug), Cosmetic Procedures, Blood, Hair Transplantation, Medical Research
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Cold caps show promise in keeping hair through chemo
People with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy may soon be able to check one side effect off of their list: hair loss. If the claims and study results are as good as they appear to be, patients can wear a cold hat during chemotherapy to prevent...Tags: Physiology, Cancer, Health Treatments, Science, Medical Research
Jun 6, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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Nov 16, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Oct 17, 2012
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Oct 8, 2012
|Column| Daily American
Jul 17, 2012
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Aug 5, 2012
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Aug 8, 2012
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Aug 10, 2012
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Jan 4, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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