FOCUS@HEALTH; Baldness: Symbol of virility or health risk?

From: Filipino Reporter | Date: November 18, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Chua, Philip 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 popularly considered by some
women as a symbol of virility, appears to have a more serious implication,
as far as health risks are concerned.

In a study on more than 22,000 men ages 40 to 84, published in the Archives
of Internal Medicine, the findings suggest that "men with male pattern
baldness may be at increased risk for heart disease."

"Compared to men with no hair loss, those with severe vertex baldness
(balding at the crown of the head) had ...

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