News stories relevant to dermatology and advances in the world of hair loss.
Saturday, 16 November 2019
Last week all the European principle investigators met in Berlin for an intense day of training before the clinical trials start for two JAK inhibitor studies being conducted by Pfizer. […]
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
The Radio 4 “Best Thing Since Sliced Bread” radio show and podcast with Greg Foot has looked at the claims made by the makers of Caffeine shampoos with the Queens […]
Sunday, 15 March 2020
The situation regarding Covid 19 is changing by the day. The British Association of Dermatologists have put together some practical interim advice for dermatology patients. https://www.skinhealthinfo.org.uk/covid-19-new-coronavirus-interim-advice-for-those-taking-medicines-that-affect-the-immune-system-such-as-biologics-and-immunosuppressants/ For patients taking immunosuppressive […]
Thursday, 25 July 2019
Research always takes a lot longer to get started than is planned, even if it is part of commercial pharmaceutical trial. You often hear of studies, get given a proposed […]
Monday, 10 June 2019
I am often asked about what causes Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, FFA. Despite being described over 20 years ago now in 1994, we still do not know what causes this condition. […]
Wednesday, 1 August 2018
I’ve been in touch with the Spanish authors of the paper on using laser devices for LPP (see previous post) and the US makers of Hairmax laserband. The Spanish device […]
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
About four years ago whilst at a research meeting in Miami I heard about an American dermatologist treating patients with scarring hair loss and inflammatory scalp conditions with low level […]
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
It was a great pleasure to attend and speak at the British Hair and Nail Society education meeting for consultants and trainees. It is a core purpose of the BHNS […]
Saturday, 3 March 2018
I’m really looking forward to speaking at the BHNS hair course in Glasgow in a couple of weeks. The talk is written but needs shrinking down as trying to cram […]
Saturday, 24 February 2018
Patients will often ask me if there are any studies or news about studies they may have taken part in. The pace of research can seem very slow. Many of […]
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