5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (331+ words) Upadacitinib, an anti-inflammatory drug used to treat arthritis, has been tested as a potential treatment for alopecia areata. An international team of researchers reported the results of two Phase III clinical trials in in a magazine JAMA Dermatology. A total…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (603+ words) Drugmakers found a promising cure for the obesity epidemic and their stocks were rewarded for it. Now, investors are salivating over a new crop of companies tackling a more purely aesthetic problem: baldness. “People will fly all the way to…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (1449+ words) Two Phase 3 trials involving 1,399 adults and adolescents found substantial scalp, eyebrow, and eyelash regrowth with upadacitinib after 24 weeks. The results are promising, but long-term safety, durability, and FDA approval for alopecia areata remain unresolved. Two randomized Phase 3 trials found that…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (360+ words) A medication commonly used for inflammatory arthritis may offer another option for people with severe alopecia areata. Two Phase III trials found that upadacitinib helped significantly more patients achieve substantial hair regrowth than a placebo. The findings could expand alopecia…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (191+ words) The medication for rheumatoid arthritis and atopic dermatitis has recently been approved for severe alopecia areata in the EU. People with severe hair loss may benefit from the treatment, research has suggested. Two phase 3 trials, UP-AA1 and UP-AA2, have found…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1037+ words) Two phase 3 trials of the JAK inhibitor upadacitinib produced substantial scalp hair regrowth in roughly half of patients with severe alopecia areata. Published in JAMA Dermatology, the results showed that 55 percent of patients on the higher dose in one trial…...

1+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (1291+ words) Since GLP-1 drugs went mainstream in the early 2020s, there has been increasing attention on the potential side effects, predominantly gastrointestinal disturbances such as nausea, diarrhea and constipation. In the last three years, however, public interest in the association between GLP…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1054+ words) Dahiana Amarillo • Natalia Camejo • Cecilia Castillo • Maria Planinich • Melanie Garcia • Belen Insagaray • Joaquin Manzanares • Belen Acevedo • Sofia Benavides • Juliana Manzino • Paola Muiño • Guillermina Servetto • Maria Guerrina • Virginia Suaya • Catherine Mate • Gabriela Latorraca • Gabriel Krygier Cite this article as: Amarillo D,…...

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1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (60+ words) People with alopecia areata are approximately four times more likely to have retinal abnormalities compared with those without alopecia areata, according to results from a systematic review and meta-analysis.The total sample size included 10,832 individuals with alopecia areata (AA) and…...