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bald ea·gle
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a white-headed North American eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) that includes fish among its prey. Now most common in Alaska, it is the national emblem of the US.
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FOCUS@HEALTH; Baldness: Symbol of virility or health risk?
Newspaper article from: Filipino Reporter; 11/18/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...S. Filipino Reporter 11-18-2004 BALDNESS: Is it a health risk? The theme for this week's column. Baldness, often a subject of jokes and also...suggest that "men with male pattern baldness may be at increased risk for heart disease...
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FOCUS@HEALTH: Baldness or hair loss traceable to heredity
Newspaper article from: Filipino Reporter; 8/3/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Philip S. Filipino Reporter 08-03-2000 FOCUS@HEALTH: Baldness or hair loss traceable to heredity WE will focus on baldness for this week's column. How common is baldness? Baldness affects approximately 40 million men and 20 million...
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Study links baldness to higher risk of heart attack
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/24/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...question of a link between male-pattern baldness and heart disease. However, researchers...t sufficiently persuasive to add male baldness to the list of such known heart disease...smoking and high blood pressure. "Is baldness bad news for the heart? It's premature...
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Researchers Discover Baldness Gene: 1 in 7 Men at Risk; Scientists at McGill, King's College and GlaxoSmithKline Solve Mystery of Male Pattern Baldness.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 10/12/2008; 700+ words
; ...sevenfold increase the risk of male pattern baldness. Their results will be published Oct...all men are affected by male pattern baldness by age 45. The condition's social...for medical therapy for male-pattern baldness recently surpassed $405 million. Male...
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GENETIC CLUES TO MALE BALDNESS FOUND
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/16/2008; 695 words
; ...found two DNA variants in Caucasian men that could be linked to higher risk of male pattern baldness. Male pattern baldness is the most common form of baldness which leads to loss of hair in a well-defined pattern, beginning with the temples and...
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Researchers Successfully Comb the Genome for Baldness Genes.
Newspaper article from: BioWorld International; 10/22/2008; 700+ words
; ...increase the risk of male-pattern baldness by a factor of seven. That latest finding...associated with high risk of male pattern baldness is the androgen receptor gene (AR...increased the risk of male-pattern baldness, as they reported in the Oct. 12...
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Researchers discover baldness gene: 1 in 7 men at risk.
Newspaper article from: Drug Week; 10/31/2008; 700+ words
; ...sevenfold increase the risk of male pattern baldness. Their results will be published Oct...all men are affected by male pattern baldness by age 45. The condition's social...for medical therapy for male-pattern baldness recently surpassed $405 million. Male...
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Study links baldness
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/24/2000; ; 700+ words
; Study links baldness, heart disease Researchers say the...study found that men with male pattern baldness may be at increased risk for heart disease...Medical Association, the study analyzed baldness and heart disease among 22,071 men...
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Baldness-exposed!
Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 9/20/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...embrace the fact and accept that male baldness is something you have to live with at...anything to protect a headful of it. Baldness has always been associated with old men...hormonal factors, as well as genetic ones. Baldness can be determined by genetic factors...
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Baldness cure could put brakes on libido.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/25/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Francisco on Sunday that it has developed a baldness pill for men. But while Propecia stimulated...multibillion-dollar contest to cure or reduce baldness for as many as 35 million men. "If...prescription sales of Propecia to treat baldness. Approval, which is expected by the...
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baldness
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
baldness Over the centuries, male pattern baldness has been a sensitive subject for a great many men. Their...Hippocrates was the first person to describe the pattern male baldness commonly took, but he had no idea what caused the hair loss...
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Baldness
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
33. Baldness See also 193. HAIR ; 196. HEAD . acomia baldness. Also called alopecia, phalacrosis . — acomous...alopecist Medicine . medical specialist who treats baldness. atrichia Medicine . congenital or acquired baldness...
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Hair Loss
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...Cause of Hair Loss Identified? How Is Baldness Treated? Coping with Hair Loss Resources...PEE-sha) is the medical term for baldness, which is the loss of all or a significant...of hair loss and their causes. Common baldness Loss of scalp hair due to aging affects...
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Alopecia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...Definition Alopecia simply means hair loss (baldness). Description Hair loss occurs for...of hair loss, whether it be complete baldness (alopecia totalis), patchy bald spots...well. Causes and symptoms Male pattern baldness (androgenic alopecia) is considered...
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Wig
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...their own hair due to illness or natural baldness can disguise the condition. For strictly...a wig and a laurel wreath to hide his baldness. Both Hannibal and Nero wore wigs as...thread. In 1630, embarrassed by his baldness, Louis XIII began wearing a wig made...
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