Alopecia is the medical term forhair loss.Hair loss may occur naturally, or it may be related to a disease or the use of certain medications. Symptoms of alopecia vary depending on the cause of the condition and range from a small bald patch to a complete loss of all body hair. Alopecia...
MALESCranial hair loss is one of the characteristics of age. Hairline recession has been confirmed adversely to affect the perceptions of age in Western males. However, comparatively little is known about the effect of frontal recession on the perceived facial age (PFA) of East Asian males. ...
Alopecia Areata is an autoimmune disease that results in hair loss on the scalp and any other parts of the body. People also know it as Patchy Hair Loss. It occurs in males and females of all ages but most often the onset can be seen in childhood. This common but very challenging and...
Testing for gonorrhea is done by swabbing the infected site (rectum, throat, cervix) and identifying the bacteria in the laboratory either through culturing of the material from the swab (growing the bacteria) or identification of the genetic material from the bacteria. Sometimes the tests do not...
The studied population was constituted of individuals aged 18 years and above, with around 3/4 females and 1/4 males, as this study was part of a larger international project on hair that focused on females, explaining the difference in proportions regarding gender. However, each of the male...
Hair loss Malaise (general sense of feeling unwell) Worsening of heart problems If anemia is longstanding (chronic anemia), the body may adjust to low oxygen levels and the individual may not feel different unless the anemia becomes severe. On the other hand, if the anemia occurs rapidly (acu...
niche hair follicle stem cells sympathetic nerve Adrb2 stem cell quiescence nerve-stem-cell interaction Introduction Cell types from multiple lineages assemble into specific arrangements in organs. The functions of these cell types must be integrated to enable optimal outcomes in tissue homeostasis, maint...
Once fully developed, males are capable of producing viable sperm that can fertilize the egg (oocyte), which is released by fully developed females through a process known as ovulation. Except in monotremes, almost all mammals are viviparous, which means the young are formed inside the body...
The characteristics and anatomical location of physical signs in sexual elder abuse in males needs to be explored in future research. Knowledge regarding the most common types, characteristics and anatomic location of physical signs in elder abuse is useful to increase the awareness and recognition of...
There is no Tolerable Upper Limit (UL) set for natural sources of folate found in food. There are UL sets for folate from fortified foods and supplements. Age Males and Females Pregnancy Lactation 1 to 3 years 300 mcg N/A N/A 4 to 8 years 400 mcg N/A N/A 9 to 13 years 600 mc...