Fed: GST to blame for baldness cases: hair expert

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: March 14, 2001 | Copyright information


AAP General News (Australia)

03-14-2001

Fed: GST to blame for baldness cases: hair expert

By Anthony Stavrinos

SYDNEY, March 14 AAP - The GST has been blamed for just about everything - but baldness?

The International Association of Trichologists (IAT), a non-profit body specialising
in hair and scalp diseases, claimed that since December last year there had been 13 cases
of hair loss directly related to stress caused by the O...

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