Teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease commonly causes fatigue, brittle nails, dry eyes, hair loss, muscle spasms, and dry mouth, with rare serious events like blood clots.
April 2024 in “Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology” A woman with advanced eye cancer went into complete remission using a combination of immunotherapy and topical treatments.
April 2024 in “International Journal of Women’s Dermatology” Laser hair reduction can sometimes cause a rare skin condition called Fox-Fordyce disease.
February 2024 in “Dermatologic Surgery” PRP shows promise for hair and skin treatment, but more research is needed for standard practices.
February 2024 in “Cancers” New treatments targeting androgen receptors show promise for drug-resistant prostate cancer.
January 2024 in “Updates in clinical dermatology” November 2023 in “Children” Many pediatric epilepsy patients experience preventable severe adverse drug reactions, especially with certain medications and risk factors.
November 2023 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” Oral Janus kinase inhibitors may be an effective treatment option for lichen planopilaris with some risk of increased cholesterol and liver enzyme levels.
October 2023 in “Dermatology practical & conceptual” Pulse corticosteroids help regrow hair in alopecia areata but have side effects, especially betamethasone.
June 2023 in “Revista de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas” Proper management of skin and hair side effects from chemotherapy improves patients' quality of life.
May 2023 in “Cytotherapy” January 2023 in “Figshare” Patients with advanced breast cancer prioritize quality of life, overall survival, and progression-free survival in treatment decisions.
Facial plastic surgery is becoming less invasive with better techniques and results.
November 2022 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” Targeted cancer therapies can cause skin side effects, but activating SOS in the skin may help reduce them.
September 2022 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” August 2022 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” Ultrasound can improve targeted drug delivery, making treatments more effective with fewer side effects.
March 2022 in “Nepal Journal of Dermatology Venereology & Leprology” Methotrexate with steroids is slightly more effective than azathioprine with steroids for treating severe alopecia areata.
December 2021 in “OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)” Montelukast is linked to increased risks of suicidal thoughts and depression.
October 2021 in “International journal of basic and clinical pharmacology” Excessive eyelash growth from erlotinib may indicate positive tumor response and help treat madarosis.
March 2021 in “Clin-Alert” The FDA warned about safety issues with remdesivir and tofacitinib, finasteride is linked to suicidality, potent topical corticosteroids increase osteoporosis risk, henna can cause hemolysis in G6PD deficiency, chemotherapeutic agents can cause adverse reactions, drug interactions are common in cancer patients, ketamine can reduce at-risk drinking, high dose of anticholinergics increases dementia risk in Parkinson's patients, and prenatal exposure to second-generation antipsychotics increases pregnancy complications.
January 2021 in “arXiv (Cornell University)” Self-supervised learning improves medical image classification accuracy.
September 2017 in “Springer eBooks” FUE hair transplants have improved to give more natural results with less scarring and pain.
Vismodegib effectively treats advanced basal cell carcinoma but requires careful management of serious side effects.
July 2017 in “Clin-Alert” Different medications can cause serious side effects in some people.
January 2017 in “Durham e-Theses (Durham University)” Chemical stressors damage hair structure but the skin's outer layer protects living cells.
June 2016 in “Current opinion in pediatrics, with evaluated MEDLINE/Current opinion in pediatrics”
April 2016 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” People with certain allergic conditions or higher white blood cell counts have more severe hair loss, and treating hair and nail side effects early in melanoma therapy can improve quality of life.
February 2016 in “Evidence Based Women Health Journal (Online)” Women with PCOS had higher SRAGE levels, possibly linked to BMI, not PCOS.
The document discusses how traditional Chinese medicine extracts may affect hair growth in animals but lacks detailed results.
Hair restoration techniques have improved based on scientific evidence.