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Article: Hair Loss in Chemotherapy Prevented in Laboratory Rats - New York Times
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- September 28, 1990
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LEAD: Researchers studying laboratory rats have been able to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy, a finding that could eventually lead to drugs to help cancer patients. Researchers studying laboratory rats have been able to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy, a finding that could eventually lead to drugs to help cancer patients. Scientists have been fairly successful in reducing the nausea and vomiting that can accompany chemotherapy but not in combating hair loss. ''While it is usually temporary, that initial hair loss can be quite a blow to the patient's self-image,'' said Dr. John Laszlo, senior vice president for research at the American Cancer Society. The study is being ...
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Article: Preventing hair loss
The Malay Mail;
May 31, 2006 ;
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...UNFORTUNATELY, many people suffer hereditary hair loss. This is known as male pattern baldness (MPB) and has familial link. This type of hair loss is inevitable, but can be slowed or even...use to lessen or prevent these types of hair loss. A number of factors contribute to ...
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