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Parents need to be vigilant for head lice
Many schools have stopped regular head lice screenings because they're no longer recommended by the Centers for Disease Control. But the CDC says it's still a very common problem.
Head Lice could make their home in a child's hair for weeks before...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Hampton woman working to publicize alopecia - hair loss can affect all ages
Latina Sethman-Benthall has no hair. By age 12, after several years of patchy hair loss, her diagnosis of alopecia universalis, an autoimmune disease that affects 5 million Americans — men, women and children — left her completely bald. For...
Tags: Alopecia, Hair Loss
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Ringworm infection takes on many forms
Despite its name, ringworm is not caused by a worm. Instead, it develops when fungus grows and multiplies on the skin. Dr. Dakara Rucker Wright, a dermatologist with the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group who practices at Kaiser Permanente's Towson...Tags: Dermatology, Tinea Corporis, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, Dermatologists
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Student finds a refuge in his art
Bryant Santamaria sees something of himself in Frida Kahlo. The Hoover High School senior, like the Mexican surrealist, endured health problems and long hospital stays — Bryant while battling leukemia and the hair-loss condition alopecia, and...
Tags: Human Body, Arts, Frida Kahlo, Teaching and Learning, Students
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What women can do about thinning hair
No one wants to lose their hair, but for a woman it is particularly distressing. While men can look perfectly presentable — even sexy — with their exposed scalp, no such options exist for the 30 million American women who grapple with thinning...Tags: Human Body, Genes and Chromosomes, Glaucoma, Iron (dietary supplement), Northwestern University
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Finding the root of the problem with hair extensions
Hairstylist Reggie Dowdy has found himself time and time again doing emergency hair repair on women whose tresses have been damaged by weaves and extensions.
They come in with bald spots, also known as alopecia, and thinning hair caused by heavy weaves...Tags: Dermatology, Human Body, Diabetes, Mount Vernon, Symptoms
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9-year-old donates her lengthy locks for kids going without
mmoore@jessaminejournal.comWhile the old adage “bald is beautiful” might appeal to some, for 9-year-old Julieta Mae Garcia, if you were to say that to her, she might give you the stink eye. Garcia, a fourth-grade student at Brookside Elementary School, suffers from...Tags: Human Body, Happiness (state of mind), Health, Physical Conditions, Alopecia
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NATIONAL ALOPECIA MONTH
Gayle Anderson was live in Brea because September is National Alopecia Awareness Month, dedicated to spreading awareness about the disease and condition that results in hair loss. There are two types of Alopecia, non-scarring and scarring. Alopecia...Tags: Human Body, Los Angeles Dodgers, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, Texas Rangers
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Gayle on the Go! Events for Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011
KTLA NewsKTLA's Gayle Anderson featured this events in Saturday's edition of Gayle on the Go! Free! Gray Column by artist De Wain Valentine Getty Center 1200 Getty Center Drive Los Angeles (310) 440-7300 www.getty.edu Take a look at artist De Wain Valentine's...Tags: Human Body, Arts, Festive Events, John Ford, Fine Arts
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Health Notes: Walk for Beautiful Kids Organization on Saturday - first-time event
The Beautiful Kids Organization is a non-profit organization supporting children suffering with Alopecia.
Alopecia is a disease of the hair follicles which results in loss of hair on the head and eventually the entire body.
Children of all ethnic...Tags: College Football, Human Body, Hampton University, Health, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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The Dangers Of Hair Extensions
PIX11.comFrom Kim Kardashian to Jennifer Lopez, hair extensions are one of the hottest trends among the stars but it could also leave you with permanent damage, like baldness. Board certified dermatologist Dr. Schweiger and Chioma Odimegwu, one of his patients,...Tags: Dermatology, Human Body, Cosmetic Procedures, Kim Kardashian, Hair Transplantation
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Actress Makes Documentary About Struggle with Alopecia
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Imagine one day you start to lose your hair, and before you know it, all of your hair has fallen out. It's a reality for millions of men, women and children in the United States. For one Los Angeles based actress, the disease turned...Tags: Human Body, KTLA, Diseases and Illnesses, Environmental Issues, Documentary (genre)
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