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From The Independent comes I a story of scapegoating. In this instance the scapegoat is male pattern baldness.
Mark Oaten, the former Liberal Democrat leadership contender and Home Affairs spokesman, is also rather touchy about his appearance it seems. Breaking his four-month silence over the affair with a rent boy that cost him his front bench […]
Today, we continue our Mother’s Day interview with Jodi Pliszka. In Part 1, we talked about Baldness. Today we discuss Motherhood.
Baldiness.com: Tell me a little about your family life. Here’s a chance to brag about your daughter, something no parent can resist. :)
Jodi: I have the strongest relationship with my parents and of course, my […]
Today, is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Awareness Day. I mention it, because hair loss is frequently experienced by those who suffer from CFS and it’s related ailment, fibromyalgia (FMS). Adelle, co-editor of CFS-Squared, has asked me to help get the word out.
What is CFS? Adelle points to this article for a concise summary:
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome […]
Here’s an interesting story form The Courier-mail about a set of identical twins with one striking difference.
DOMINIQUE and Katrina van Hoof are identical twins. From their green eyes and impish features to their size 8 feet they are completely alike.
But in all their 20 years no one has ever had any trouble telling these sisters […]
To honor Mother’s Day, I wanted to do something special here at Baldiness.com. I was delighted when Jodi Pliszka, mother, author and finalist on American Inventor, agreed to an interview. The interview will be running each afternoon over the next several days. It will conclude with a guest post from Jodi on Mother’s Day, […]
They will if some lobbyists have their way. From this National Post article, comes news of the debate surrounding proposed changes to Canada’s Food and Drug Act.
At the centre of the debate sits that strange list of diseases known as Schedule A. It was first compiled by Parliament in 1908 as part of the Proprietary […]
Just in case you still don’t believe me, here’s an article on the mineral selenium, which again praises the virtue of some.
“Too much of a good thing”, is a truism which would apply to high amounts of this nutrient. Levels higher than the upper tolerable level (400 micrograms per day) would result in minor selenosis […]
From the BBC News comes the story of Rachel, a young woman from Swansea you was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 24.
“My consultant said that I had more chance of winning the lottery than getting breast cancer.
“I just wish I had bought a ticket.”
Not a great deal of bald news here, but […]
You know, those ancient Greeks were onto something. i remember a few things from my college Philosophy class, one of which is Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean. Briefly, Aristotle said that virtue lies in the mean (average) between the extremes. His classic example is courage. The one extreme is cowardice; the other foolhardy bravado. The […]
Let me point you to a couple other b5media posts. Swimmer (and Olympic GOLD medalist; way cool!) Scot Goldblatt, shared some news on technology and it’s use in speeding up swimmers: Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics to Speed Up Swimmers
Well, that led S&H’s own Tris Hussey to ask, Just why do swimmers shave themselves? Of course, […]
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