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Turn to homeopathy for fine head of hair problems

August 30, 2007

Vinita Shirodkar was losing hair for six months and was desperate for a cure like maybe a milllion other people in India who lose hair everyday. After all it has been truly said a hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

One of the most dismaying sights one can see is hair on the bathroom floor, in the comb or hair on the pillow, as to most of us hair is associated with good looks, strength and beauty. To some it also has emotional implications with people losing hair, having lowered self-confidence and self esteem, with some even going into major depression.

Hair is actually a mirror of health; Hair fall is often the first sign of ill health. All hair problems are not hereditary. Many medical conditions like hypothyroidism, anaemia, hormonal imbalances, systemic lupus erythematosus, lichen planus etc. are often detected by also looking at the hair loss pattern.

Darshana Shah, a 34- year old, suddenly started noticing increased hair loss for six months. She had tried various home remedies for the problem without much help and her numerous visits to the beauty parlours too were wasted.

When she visited Dr Batra’s clinic she was overly concerned with her hair problem, as the thinning was now becoming visible. As a person who led an active social life, she was naturally worried that it would hamper her social life.

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Worse for her, her friends had started noticing the thinning, and people had started to talk about it. After looking into the symptoms it was found that her hair was coarse and dry, he was beginning to put on weight for the last three months and her periods were also getting irregular.

Studying these symptoms, the experts recommended a thyroid test for her and sure enough she was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. This was just one of the cases where someone who had a hair problem that was actually diagnosed and treated for a more serious ailment.

The most important thing when treating hair fall is to identify the underlying cause. Home remedies, as seen in Darshana’s case, do not help much, as the root cause of problem is often ignored. Even nutritional supplements do not help correct hair problems, as one needs a more holistic approach to hair loss.

Homeopathic medicines when combined with the latest diagnostic tools in trichology, like Trichoscan can work wonders for a patient. Over a period of time the quantity of hair loss begins to reduce before coming to normal. Homeopathy offers a safe and effective solution for hair problems

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Aussie brings his ‘pain relief’ to court

August 23, 2007

Sydney - A 39-year-old Australian who took a cannabis plant into a Brisbane courtroom in January was Thursday put on trial for possession of a dangerous drug.

Peter Till told the magistrate that he needed the 90-centimetre plant with him because it was evidence in an unrelated court matter.

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Till hid the plant in a plastic bag to get it inside the court complex, but it was spotted by security guards when it was put on the security x-ray machine’s conveyor belt.

Till, who representing himself, told the court he uses marijuana for medicinal purposes as a pain reliever. - Sapa-DPA

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Hair loss found to correlate with cardiovascular disease

August 18, 2007

The hair of Oulu resident Harri Rautio began to thin a few years ago, when he was less than 20 years old. The hair loss did not come as a surprise, as his two brothers and his father were also prematurely bald.
“When I went into the army I shaved my head completely, and I have stuck to that. Before going into the army, the hair loss was annoying, but not anymore. I would probably keep shaving my head even if I were growing hair.”
Meanwhile, in her research for her doctoral dissertation, Päivi Hirsso has found that baldness correlates with cardiovascular disease.
“Hair loss is a sign that there is something wrong in the body. It seems to be one clear risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease.”

Hirsso found a very clear difference in the illness rate among young bald men with large amounts of abdominal fat and those of the same age with large abdomens and a full head of hair.
“Bald and overweight men under the age of 35 were much more likely to have a low-level inflammation than those with normal hair. The inflammation is linked with cardiovascular disease.

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Hirsso says that being overweight might accelerate the balding process.
However, she emphasises that intense sports, or exemplary diet will not prevent baldness.
“The tendency to go bald is so strongly hereditary, and dependent on hormonal factors, that there are no ways to prevent it. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile for a bald person to reduce the emergence of later risks through a healthy lifestyle.”

Harri Rautio is not afraid of the health risks linked with balding.
Rautio, who works in a sporting goods shop, plays floorball, tennis, and badminton.
Päivi Hirsso recommends that those who have gone bald should be monitored closely by the age of 50. At about that age, they should also seek to bring their weight down to normal levels.

Hirsso says that for women, slimming down could work as a way to fight hair loss. In women, the loss of hair is clearly linked with abdominal fat and insulin sensitivity.
“Many women come to see doctors to complain about a loss of hair. They should be encouraged to lose weight.

Hair loss also has an impact on men’s social lives. “However, with young men the impact is undoubtedly small, if the man is otherwise slim and muscular”, Hirsso notes.
For her study, Hirsso used a sampling of about 4,000 people nationwide, as well as about 700 men and women in Oulu.

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Losing their hair

August 15, 2007

Although television is filled with shampoo ads extolling the wonders of shine and volume, some women have a more basic concern about their appearance

By MAGEN KRITSCH / Courier & Press staff writer
Monday, August 13, 2007

Every time Gayle Taylor, a minister, took the pulpit, she was terrified her wig would fall off and expose her thinning hair to hundreds of people in her congregation.

Taylor, who lives in Owensboro, Ky., is not alone. According to Lou Robichaud, a hair loss specialist in Evansville, 28 million women in America suffer from hair loss.

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And more women are seeking treatment. Dr. Marcia Cave, a physician at Deaconess Women’s Hospital, said about one woman per month seeks her advice and treatment strictly for thinning hair. And other women will come in for an unrelated matter and end up discussing concerns about hair loss.

‘I have seen about 34 patients today, and three or four have talked about hair loss. It is common,’ said Cave.

The most common reasons for hair loss in women are stress, a medical condition, hormones or genes, said Cave.

The two most common age groups experiencing hair loss are women in their early 20s and women who are menopausal, said Cave.

Young women are more likely to experience thinning hair because of stress. The extreme life changes that women in this age group experience — graduating from college, getting married and giving birth — can cause them to begin noticing their thinning hair, she said.

Menopausal women are prone to thinning hair because of hormones and stress.

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Because stress is often a factor in thinning hair, when Cave attempts to determine a reason, she asks about any life changes the patient has experienced in the last three to six months.

Cave stressed that most stress-related hair loss is temporary and the hair will usually grow back on its own without any treatment.

Taylor is not so lucky. She was in her early 30s when she began to notice her hair thinning.

She believes her hair loss is hereditary. Although her sisters have not lost their hair, her brothers have.

According to Robichaud, the only way to treat hereditary hair loss is with cosmetic surgery. And over-the-counter treatments do not grow hair back — they simply maintain the hair that a woman has.

Taylor wears a cranial prosthesis, which is hair that has been mounted on a mold and is fitted to the patient’s skull.

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