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I don’t play video games. OK, I’ll be honest: I don’t play games other than those on the internal b5media blogger forums. (I’m still trying to reclaim my Snake and Chopper Challenge titles.) It’s not because I don’t like them; it’s just the opposite. I grew up in arcades and have very little self control. […]
That’s the lesson out of Charlotte. From the Charlotte Observer comes an op/ed piece about an essay contest called The Most Romantic Man in the South,. Here’s an excerpt from the winning entry.
“When my hair began falling out, he knew how ashamed I was feeling. When he shaved my head, he shaved his own head. […]
Leg 4 sent the teams south to Europe. The Hippies and the Frat Boys continued the battle for top honors with the Hippies reaching the mat first this time. As for Fran and Barry: All systems go. Flight schedules precluded them from catching the lead teams, but they made no mistakes. The Baldiness.com Official Team […]
Looks like there might be more “Must See” Bald TV. This Entrepreneur.com article highlights Jodi and her dispoable headliner.
And then there were the last two approved products. Darla had invented a doll (and an accompanying multimedia blitz of ideas) that speaks English, Spanish and Swahili. And Jodi, who suffers from a form of alopecia that […]
A couple alopecia support groups to pass on.
Hunstville, Alabama: First Christian Church, Athens, April 8, 11 a.m., 230-9788 or 216-9100. (source)
Akron, Ohio: St. Thomas Hospital, 444 N. Main St., Akron, April 1, 11 a.m., 330-456-2024. (source)
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Marybeth Hicks, columnist for the Washington Times, shared the story of Caitlin in her Sunday column.
Caitlin [a high school senior] has alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that affects 5 million Americans, causing hair loss. It can result in baldness or, in severe cases, cause a body to shed all its hair from lashes to legs.
Not […]
I thought this story from the New York Daily News was interesting. It’s on “distraction buys,” those things we purchase to cover up more embarressing items. Much of the article deals with condoms and tampons, but check out this bit:
Americans don’t differ that much from their Brit counterparts, according to drugstore.com’s Douglas Mott. The online […]
This story comes from The Nation. The Thai Food and Drug Administration warns fake shampoos could cause baldness:
Official laboratory tests are being conducted to determine whether a brand of shampoo is causing people to lose their hair – amid suspicion some shops are selling fake shampoos in containers of well-known brands.
The story gets a bit […]
I found this AP story at Business Week Online about the progress of a new topical treatment:
Shares of Curis Inc., a developer of nerve regeneration drugs, climbed Tuesday after the company reached the first preclinical milestone in a hair growth program with Procter & Gamble Co.’s pharmaceutical unit.
For that, Curis will receive $1 million from […]
From Monsters & Critics comes word of Kylie Minogue comeback.
Kylie Minogue is planning to launch her pop comeback with a new album.
The sexy star - who was recently given the all-clear after battling breast cancer for almost a year - has already started ‘playing around with lyrics’.
Minogue lost her hair during treatment for breast cancer, […]
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