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I may just have to give this baseball thing a chance… especially if promotions like this one catch on. The Richmold Braves, led by Bald Man Dax Norris, will be celebrating baldness at their August 11st game vs. the Columbus Clippers.
To start off, you\’ll receive a discounted general admission ticket depending on how little hair […]
Back in April I told you about IGI, a Jersey based company that was trying to develop a treatment that prevented chemotherapy related alopecia. Well, it seems things aren’t going real well for the small firm. On Friday IGI were given a warning by the American Stock Exchange that their financials weren’t up to snuff. […]
Couple news items come to my attention today.
GlaxoSmithKline Announces Expanded Indication for Hycamtin - “GlaxoSmithKline announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Hycamtin (topotecan HCl) in combination with cisplatin, for the treatment of stage IV-B, recurrent, or persistent carcinoma of the cervix, which is not amenable to curative treatment with surgery […]
Genetic Engineering News reports than Curis has received a US patent “which covers screening assays for antagonists and agonists of the Hedgehog signaling pathway.”
Back in March, Curis received an injection of cash from Proctor & Gamble as part of a joint product development targeting baldness. Needless to say, their Q1 2006 financials looked good.
For much […]
From the Miami Herald comes an update on Dr. Guinter Kahn, the inventor of Minoxidil, aka Rogaine:
Kahn’s name is associated with the discovery of the revolutionary baldness treatment Minoxidil, also known as Rogaine, for which he won the Distinguished Inventor of the Year Award in 1988.
But Kahn has provided mentorship and support to fledgling dermatologists […]
… while reducing poverty, raising your IQ, and eliminating wrinkles. At least that’s what it sounds like if you go by testimonials.
The walls of [Jack] Chang’s eatery carry testimonials affirming the reputed powers of peanut milk. Although there’s no hard proof of any health benefits, the beverage has spawned a cult of peanut milk fanatics.
The […]
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 […]
Let’s continue with basketball, but switch to the pros. The Baldiness Bald Man of the Week is Charlie Villaneuva.
Charlie is rookie forward for the NBA Toronto Raptors and has been living with alopecia areata since childhood and works with the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. Here’s a great little write up in the Toronto Star:
What the […]
Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, seems to have a bit of a thing for the bald heads. Consider these recent guests:
Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus. He’s bald.
And Natalie Portman, who went under the clippers on screen for her recent film, V for Vendetta. Not losing her hair, but clearly bald in this […]
Let me introduce a regular feature I’ll be running for a while here at Baldiness: the Bald Man of the Week. Each week I’ll be highlighting a person who has caught my attention in one way or another. The only requirement: baldness (I’m the sole and final judge.) So, without further ado…
I’m a man; I […]
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