http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Dandruff-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 05:18:02 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/experts-find-new-fungus-causing-dandruff-100549-1.htm New enzyme identified which is essential for the fungus's growth. Continual research by scientists towards finding a treatment for dandruff problems. Research on the fungus that ranks as one cause of dandruff - the embarrassing nuisance that, by some accounts, afflicts half of humanity - is pointing scientists toward a much-needed new treatment for the condition's flaking and itching. The advance is the topic of a report in ACS' iJournal of Medicinal Chemistry/i. Claudiu T. Supuran ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/experts-find-new-fungus-causing-dandruff-100549-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/skin-inflammation-controlled-by-gatekeeper-signal-96817-1.htm Key signals regulating protective and occasionally pathological inflammation of the skin unravelled in a new study. The research, published online on January 26th in the journal iImmunity/i by Cell Press, identifies a "gatekeeper" that, when lost, can cause inflammatory skin disease in the absence of injury or infection. The findings may eventually lead to new treatment strategies for the more than 10% of people in the western world that suffer from inflammatory skin diseases. Although the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/skin-inflammation-controlled-by-gatekeeper-signal-96817-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Controlling-Cell-Death-Prevents-Skin-Inflammation-92073-1.htm Halting a type of regulated cell death called "necroptosis" in keratinocytes is vital for the prevention of skin inflammation, reveals study in the October issue of the journal IImmunity/I. The Fas Associated Death Domain (FADD) protein interacts with "death receptors" to activate a well-known programmed cell death pathway called apoptosis. Death receptors have also been shown to induce necroptosis, which is a different type of cell death and is mediated by the proteins RIP1 and RIP3....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Controlling-Cell-Death-Prevents-Skin-Inflammation-92073-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Tight-Braiding-of-Hair-Could-Result-in-Permanent-Hair-Loss-83539-1.htm Yearning for the latest hairstyle to be very costly with researchers suggesting that tight braiding or weaving of hair could lead to permanent hair loss, a factor that is often seen especially among African Americans. Lead researcher Dr Angela Kyei, of the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, studied the effect of tight braiding and weaving of hair in more than 320 black women and found that nearly 69 percent of the women experienced a type of balding known as central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, or CCCA....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Tight-Braiding-of-Hair-Could-Result-in-Permanent-Hair-Loss-83539-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Men-Report-Sexual-Side-Effects-After-Use-of-Common-Hair-Loss-Drugs-82390-1.htm Men who take the hair loss drug finasteride, commonly known as Propecia and Proscar, report an on-going reduction in sex drive, and in some cases, prolonged periods of erectile dysfunction even after they stop using the medications. "The study by The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, looked at the reported types and duration of persistent sexual side effects in otherwise healthy men who took finasteride for male pattern hair loss," said Dr. Michael Irwig, Assistant Professor of Medicine....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Men-Report-Sexual-Side-Effects-After-Use-of-Common-Hair-Loss-Drugs-82390-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Scalp-Cooling-Cap-May-Prevent-Hair-Loss-in-Cancer-Patients-81433-1.htm Scientists have now developed a scalp cooling cap which may help prevent hair loss in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment. This will be part of the first significant study of the medical device in the United States. The FDA has given approval for an investigational device exemption (IDE) feasibility study to be conducted at both Wake Forest Baptist and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). A total of 20 patients with stage one breast cancer will be involved - 10 at Wake Forest Baptist and 10 at UCSF....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Scalp-Cooling-Cap-May-Prevent-Hair-Loss-in-Cancer-Patients-81433-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Potential-Hair-Loss-Treatment-Accidentally-Emerges-from-Mice-Study-80993-1.htm US researchers exploring how stress affects the gut stumbled upon a potent chemical that caused mice to regrow hair by blocking a stress-related hormone, a study revealed on Wednesday. While the process has not yet been tested in humans, it grew more hair in mice than minoxidil, the ingredient in Rogaine, a popular treatment for baldness, said the study in the online journal PLoS One. "This could open new venues to treat hair loss in humans through the modulation of the stress hormone receptors, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Potential-Hair-Loss-Treatment-Accidentally-Emerges-from-Mice-Study-80993-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Adverse-Effects-of-Hair-Loss-Drug-Loss-of-Libido-ED-in-Men-79304-1.htm Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), in collaboration with colleagues at Lahey Clinic and from Denmark and Germany, have found that 5a-reductase inhibitors (5a-RIs), while improving urinary symptoms in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and possible hair loss prevention, produces significant adverse effects in some individuals including loss of libido, erectile dysfunction (ED), ejaculatory dysfunction and potential depression. These findings, which currently ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Adverse-Effects-of-Hair-Loss-Drug-Loss-of-Libido-ED-in-Men-79304-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/DigniCap-may-Help-Prevent-Hair-Loss-in-Cancer-Patients-Undergoing-Chemo-78494-1.htm DigniCap, a new frozen gel-filled cap may help prevent hair loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. According to Msnbc.com, four patients in the U.S. are trying out the DigniCap-a hat that contains a cooling gel and fits tightly on the head. During the treatment, the gel chills the hair follicles, thus restricting the amount of chemotherapy that reaches them. Heather Millar of San Francisco, one of the patients trying out the experimental treatment, managed to retain most of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/DigniCap-may-Help-Prevent-Hair-Loss-in-Cancer-Patients-Undergoing-Chemo-78494-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Genes-Causing-Hair-Loss-Identified-70919-1.htm Eight genes causing alopecia areata, an autoimmune skin disease that, in turn, could lead to total or partial loss of hair have been identified by American researchers. For the research, America's National Alopecia Areata Foundation Scientific Advisory Council member Dr. Angela Christiano led a team of investigators from Columbia University Medical Center. Part of the significance of this recent finding is that many of the genes found to be associated with alopecia areata are ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Genes-Causing-Hair-Loss-Identified-70919-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Society-Committed-to-Fighting-Hair-Loss-Gains-Huge-Popularity-69263-1.htm A society committed to fighting hair loss has caught huge attention in Malaysia. The Malaysian Society for Hair Sciences, which was registered in 2002, educates people on hair loss disorders and the various medical treatment options available to them. The 400-member club, including dermatologists, general practitioners and scientists, with an interest in the science of hair, organizes hair forums, once every two years, apart from regular public and professional educational events....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Society-Committed-to-Fighting-Hair-Loss-Gains-Huge-Popularity-69263-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Gene-Variant-That-Causes-Hair-Loss-in-Women-Discovered-69256-1.htm A gene variant that apparently causes female baldness has been discovered by researchers. After studying the DNA of almost 500 women who had lost at least 50 per cent of the hair on top of their scalp, scientists from the University of Melbourne and St Vincent's Hospital made the discovery, reports The Age. All the women in the study (between 18 and 65) suffered severe female pattern hair loss. When compared with a control group who were not going bald, the women were all found to have ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Gene-Variant-That-Causes-Hair-Loss-in-Women-Discovered-69256-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/The-Pill-Blamed-for-Hair-Loss-in-Young-Women-66697-1.htm Hormones in the Pill are causing hair loss in a number of young women, a leading expert has said. David Salinger, director of International Association of Trichologists, said he everyday treats one young woman for hair thinning, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Contraceptive pills such as Yasmin and Diane 35 ED can promote hair growth, while their older counterparts such as Loette and Levlen can trigger a genetic predisposition for hair thinning in women as young as their mid-teens. "The ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/The-Pill-Blamed-for-Hair-Loss-in-Young-Women-66697-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Women-can-Win-the-Fight-Against-Common-Forms-of-Hair-Loss-If-Dermatologists-Help-65946-1.htm Unexplained hair loss can take a significant psychological toll on the overall quality of life in women. From altering their hairstyle to hide a thinning part to scaling back their hair care regimen in an effort to halt further hair loss, women try countless ways to cover up this problem - and the results are often lukewarm at best. A better option is to see a dermatologist, a physician trained in the care of skin, hair and nails, who can diagnose and, in many cases, successfully treat hair loss in women....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Women-can-Win-the-Fight-Against-Common-Forms-of-Hair-Loss-If-Dermatologists-Help-65946-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Shane-Warnes-Hair-Loss-Cure-Ads-Banned-After-Complaints-61370-1.htm Hair loss cure adverts featuring cricket legends Shane Warne and Graham Gooch have been banned after complains from newspaper readers. The Advanced Hair Studio's ads suggest that laser therapy technology and "strand by strand" techniques could put an end to thinning hair. Aussie spinner Warne was shown as saying in the ads: "I stopped worrying when I saw Advanced Hair Studio," reports the Daily Star. Ex England captain Gooch, was also portrayed before and after he had undergone "strand by strand" procedures....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Shane-Warnes-Hair-Loss-Cure-Ads-Banned-After-Complaints-61370-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Researchers-Develop-Cancer-Drug-That-Will-Not-Cause-Hair-Loss-52491-1.htm An international team of researchers led by Queensland University in Australia claim to have developed a cancer drug that avoids the unpleasant effects of chemotherapy like hair loss. Traditionally cancer has been treated by surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy. The latter two cause side effects like hair loss. In this new discovery, the researchers say that using coatings rich in fats can lead to gene-silencing and inactivate specific genes involved in hair loss. "The traditional ways of packaging ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Researchers-Develop-Cancer-Drug-That-Will-Not-Cause-Hair-Loss-52491-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Japanese-Researchers-Discover-Gene-Linked-to-Early-Hair-Loss-51921-1.htm Experiments on mice have revealed a gene that is linked to early hair loss, a Japanese researcher said, sparking hopes for a treatment to prevent thinning and baldness in humans. The research team found that the absence of a gene known as Sox21, which it said is shared by humans and mice, can lead to early hair loss. The scientists biologically engineered mice by blocking the gene and found that the rodents started losing hair on their heads about 15 days after birth and became completely naked a week later....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Japanese-Researchers-Discover-Gene-Linked-to-Early-Hair-Loss-51921-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Bon-Jovi-Fears-That-Hair-Loss-May-Render-Him-Bald-47796-1.htm Rocker Jon Bon Jovi is afraid that hair loss may render him bald, and has started to devise treatments to save his prized locks. The 46-year-old singer, who has been long been known for his long tresses, has opted for a shorter style in recent years. He says that it is all because of his receding hairline that he decided to change his hair-do. "Oh, let me tell you, I am so worried (about my hair). I look at guys like Sting and think, 'Well, he's cool about it,' but I'm already losing ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Bon-Jovi-Fears-That-Hair-Loss-May-Render-Him-Bald-47796-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Chemotherapy-Leaves-Jade-Goody-Feeling-Tired-and-Low-After-Hair-Loss-46181-1.htm Jade goody who has been fighting a battle with cancer has now lost all her hair after chemotherapy, which has left her feeling tired and low. Most of Goody's locks fell out over the weekend and she is now covering her head with a scarf. "It's a tough time. Jade knew it would happen but nothing really prepares you," the Sun quoted a pal, as saying. "Her hair had started to thin, but all of a sudden it just came out and gave her a real shock. "She feels very unwell due to the treatment and is generally low," the pal added....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Chemotherapy-Leaves-Jade-Goody-Feeling-Tired-and-Low-After-Hair-Loss-46181-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/No-Sunny-Side-To-Baldness-Hair-Loss-Doesnt-Boost-Vitamin-D-Levels-44939-1.htm If you thought a naked pate would raise your Vitamin D levels, here are the surprising results of a new study - a bald head doesn't give you an added advantage when it comes to absorbing sunshine's vitamin D! While seeking an explanation for why men lose their hair, the scientists, led by University of Auckland's Dr Mark Bolland, conducted the study, which they warned could be skewed by "undisclosed use of hair pieces or 'comb over' techniques." In a bid to explain why older men commonly ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/No-Sunny-Side-To-Baldness-Hair-Loss-Doesnt-Boost-Vitamin-D-Levels-44939-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Sporting-the-Naked-Pate-On-Hair-Loss-and-Balding-44682-1.htm HAIR is something we don't take seriously until we start losing it! Fashion magazines tell us how to style and restyle hair, what's "in" each season - the short hairstyles or the long hairstyles. Both sexes, spend long hours in salons or parlors to groom and to style their mane to perfection. The hair atop the head is no longer a mere extension of the human anatomy; it has, with passing years, metamorphosed into a fashion accessory with the potential to speak volumes on behest of the owner. BRBRBut ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Sporting-the-Naked-Pate-On-Hair-Loss-and-Balding-44682-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Can-Dandruff-Shampoos-Monitor-Oxygen-Levels-in-Oceans-38239-1.htm A research team from the University of Leicester is using an ingredient found in dandruff shampoos to monitor oxygen levels in oceans. The same ingredient, which was used to fight off alien invaders in the film "Evolution" and is a widely available dietary supplement used by many people, is being used to study how the oxygen content of the oceans has changed over geologically recent time. The ingredient, selenium, is an anti-oxidant and an essential trace nutrient in our diet. It belongs ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Can-Dandruff-Shampoos-Monitor-Oxygen-Levels-in-Oceans-38239-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Reliable-Method-to-Assess-Hair-Loss-38190-1.htm US researchers have revealed that performing a standardized 60-second hair count may be a reliable method for the assessment of hair shedding. They arrived at this conclusion after studying hair loss in 60 healthy men who did not have any baldness. "Currently, there is no widely accepted or standard method for assessing the number of hairs shed daily," write researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, in a research article that has been published in the Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Reliable-Method-to-Assess-Hair-Loss-38190-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Common-Treatments-for-Patchy-Hair-Loss-are-Useless-35563-1.htm Currently there is no reliable or effective treatment available for patchy hair loss otherwise known as alopecia areata, researchers at the University of Tasmania in Australia have suggested. The finding is based on a review of existing research, which was conducted by Dr. Mike Sladden, a dermatologist and senior lecturer at the University of Tasmania in Australia, and his colleagues. Alopecia areata often causes patchy hair loss, which means hair in some parts of the body falls out while remaining in others....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Common-Treatments-for-Patchy-Hair-Loss-are-Useless-35563-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Genetic-Cause-For-Inherited-Hair-Loss-Unveiled-33419-1.htm The finding of the genetic basis of inherited hair loss opens scope for new treatment for thinning locks. Creeping baldness is a source of distress to tens of millions the world over. Hair-challenged adults spend upward of a billion dollars every year on mostly bogus remedies in the United States alone, according to the Federal Drug Administration. They also lavish at least as much on sometimes painful hair implants and other forms of more or less convincing hair substitutes. Geneticist ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Genetic-Cause-For-Inherited-Hair-Loss-Unveiled-33419-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Smoking-Leads-to-Age-related-Hair-Loss-in-Men-29842-1.htm Asian men should kick the butt if they don't want their locks to fall off, for a new study has stated that smoking might be the cause of age-related hair loss among them. According to Lin-Hui Su, M.D., M.Sc., of the Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, and Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen, D.D.S., Ph.D., of National Taiwan University, Taipei, the risk for the condition is largely genetic, however some environmental factors may also play a role. "Androgenetic alopecia, a hereditary androgen-dependent disorder, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Smoking-Leads-to-Age-related-Hair-Loss-in-Men-29842-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Genetic-Breakthrough-may-Soon-Pave-Way-for-Elimination-of-Dandruff-29032-1.htm Scientists conducting a research for Proctor and Gamble have decoded the complete DNA of a natural fungus responsible for dandruff, a genetic breakthrough that may lead to the elimination of the problem of the flaky skin condition. Dr Thomas Dawson, who led the five-year study, believes that his team's work may pave the way for more effective shampoos, lotions, and medicines to provide people respite from the problem of dandruff. "We have been able to see how the fungus interacts with the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Genetic-Breakthrough-may-Soon-Pave-Way-for-Elimination-of-Dandruff-29032-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=21029 Going bald? Not to worry. Don't have to go after quacks either. A team of researchers in Pennsylvania say it is possible to regenerate damaged hair follicles. And they have successfully created new hair cells in mice. Writing in the journal Nature, they say hair growth can actually be encouraged using a single gene. The human head comes equipped with 100,000 tiny hair follicles, from each of which grows a single hair. These follicles are produced by the embryo in the first stages of pregnancy, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=21029 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17584 HIV-positive people are 10 times more prone to excessive dandruff and it could be treated as an early sign of the disease, a British expert said here Tuesday. Barry Stevens, founder of the London Trichology Society, said the Seborrhoeic Dermatitis (a severe form of dandruff) is common among AIDS patients. 'Seborrhoeic Dermatitis among HIV-positive people is as high as 30 percent as against three percent among general population,' he said. 'Though a lot of people with the problem don't have ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=17584 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=13241 New research in mice has found that though they do not develop zits, the do have oily skin. Rockefeller University researchers were able to differentiate the cells in the sebaceous glands that are responsible for the oily skin. The research examines how a sebaceous gland is formed. In new research, published in the August 11 issue of Cell, Elaine Fuchs, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Rockefeller University, settles this argument, showing that at the site where the sebaceous ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=13241 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=9244 Stress can cause hair loss in people as young as 16 whereas the phenomenon once occurred only after 35, an expert in the field says. "Nobody can escape stress in modern day life. Stress increases glucocorticoid levels. That acts like a male hormone and causes the thinning of hair," Mumbai-based Sonal Shah said. "Initially, we used to see this beginning around 35 but now it has come down to as low as 16 and 18," Shah told IANS on the sidelines of a seminar on hair styling and care at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week here Friday....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=9244 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2018 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=2018 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=1798 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=1798 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=1203 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=1203