Article: Study links baldness

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.

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