Article: Hair - the long and the short of it. (fibroblast growth factor 5 linked to hair growth in mice) (Brief Article)

Article: Ask Doctor Cory.(caring for warts and allergies, information on ...
Children's Digest;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... What makes it grow? Sarah Ryan Apoka, Florida Dear Sarah: Hair grows from the root of the hair. The root of the hair is planted ... However, you don't lose the live hair follicle that the hair grows from. It stays alive but just takes a rest for a few months ...

Article: Her hair grows clockwise, so she must be ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  September 5, 2003 ;     653 words ... ... of his team's research. After ruling out the longhaired and bald, he found more than 95 per cent of right-handers' hair grows in a clockwise whorl on the scalp. The locks of lefties and the ambidextrous coil either way. He said: "It is certainly ...

Article: Hot hair.(hair grows faster in the summer)(Brief ...
Teen Magazine;  July 1, 2001 ;     417 words ...According to Oxygen.com, human hair grows 15 to 20 percent faster in summertime than in winter. The reason is: Warm weather stimulates and increases blood flow to the ...

Article: I wonder ... how hair grows.(Science Corner)
Highlights for Children;  January 1, 2006 ;     440 words ...Each hair is made by special cells in the skin. As the cells add new hair material, that new material pushes the rest of the hair outward. So every hair grows from its base. and the oldest part of the hair is at the end

Article: HAIR GROWS AT UNEXPECTED SITE.(Living)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  July 3, 1990 ;     666 words ...Byline: New York Times In a discovery that turns the prevailing wisdom about hair growth on its head, researchers have found that the source of new hair cells lies not at the very base of the hair, as scientists had long assumed, but further up the hair follicle, just below the scalp. The finding

Article: 'Hair' grows back nicely.(LEGIT)(Brief article)
Daily Variety;  August 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Broadway revival of "Hair" has swiftly recouped its capitalization costs of $5.76 million, according to producers, touting the news less than six months after the musical began perfs in March. Quick trip into the black for the show was fueled by snowballing sales that

Article: Natural hair grows up: Symposium attendees are ...
Michigan Citizen;  November 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Akwamu, Kwasi Michigan Citizen 11-09-2002 Hair is big business. Locally, hair salons and barbershops rank high among the choice of Black-owned businesses. And with the increasing popularity of braids, locks and twists, leaders in the budding natural hair care industry gathered in Southfield to