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Article: Pros and cons of the new baldness remedy. (minoxidil )
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- Article date:
- October 1, 1988
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PROS AND CONS OF THE NEW BALDNESS REMEDY
The topical drug minoxidil, recently received FDA approval as a treatment for male pattern baldness, is both safe and effective, according to Ronald C. Savin, M.D., clinical professor of dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine. In a 12-month study, he compared 96 men who were randomly assigned to apply topical preparations that contained either three percent minoxidil, two percent minoxidil, or a placebo. Results at the end of one year determined that the drug:
-- Produced better results in younger men whose baldness is recent.
-- is more effective in bald spots at the back of the head than it is ...
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Article: Shares in Phytopharm tumble 15% after baldness ...
The Independent - London;
January 19, 2001 ;
443 words
...PHYTOPHARM, the biotech firm trying to transform folk remedies into commercial drugs, said yesterday that its plant-based treatment for baldness had proved less effective than ordinary E45 moisturising cream sold by chemists. Shares in the company tumbled 15 per cent to 730p. In phase two clinical
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