Hair Loss Archives - Primary Medical Care Center for Seniors in Miami, Broward, Palm Beach https://primarymed.com/tag/hair-loss/ PrimaryMed.com Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:18:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://primarymed.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-primarycare_icon-32x32.png Hair Loss Archives - Primary Medical Care Center for Seniors in Miami, Broward, Palm Beach https://primarymed.com/tag/hair-loss/ 32 32 Black Women with a Common Form of Alopecia May be at Increased Risk for Uterine Fibroids https://primarymed.com/black-women-with-a-common-form-of-alopecia-may-be-at-increased-risk-for-uterine-fibroids-2/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:18:46 +0000 https://primarymed.com/?p=4041 In an issue of JAMA Dermatology, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine proposed a link between uterine fibroids and Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA), a common form of hair loss among women of African descent. The link was discovered after an analysis of the medical records of 487,104 Black women over the age of 18 during […]

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]]> I am Not My Hair, But Losing it Hurts https://primarymed.com/i-am-not-my-hair-but-losing-it-hurts-2/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 06:14:01 +0000 https://primarymed.com/?p=3512 “Alopecia means hair loss,” according to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). This hair loss can occur in patches, all over the scalp or all over the body. The AAD explains that alopecia occurs when the “immune system attacks the hair follicles (structures that contain the roots of the hair), causing hair loss.” The Mayo […]

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]]> I am Not My Hair, But Losing it Hurts https://primarymed.com/i-am-not-my-hair-but-losing-it-hurts/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 06:44:37 +0000 https://primarymed.com/?p=2556 “Alopecia means hair loss,” according to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD). This hair loss can occur in patches, all over the scalp or all over the body. The AAD explains that alopecia occurs when the “immune system attacks the hair follicles (structures that contain the roots of the hair), causing hair loss.” The Mayo […]

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