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Article: Study links baldness
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- January 24, 2000
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Study links baldness, heart disease
Researchers say the more hair men lose, the greater their cardiac
risk
By JOHN FAUBER
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Monday, January 24, 2000
So, a middle-aged man is talking to his doctor, and the doctor
says, "You're bald."
The patient says, "If you don't mind, I'd like a second opinion."
The doctor says, "OK, you've got a bad heart, too."
What sounds like a joke from a Rodney Dangerfield routine actually
is one of the findings published today from the ongoing Physicians'
Health Study, conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School. The
study found that men with male pattern baldness may be at increased
risk for heart disease.
Published in the ...