| Hair today, gone tomorrow all for ‘Locks of Love’ | | Posted Friday, February 02, 2007 12:56:49 PM by Blog57 Team | | Her 14 inch long ?crown of Glory? was her joy and delight, but when the 12-year-old read in one of her mum's magazines about the work of ?Locks of Love? an American charity that supports children and teenagers suffering severe hair loss, Elizabeth made a decisive decision to sacrifice most of her hair to ?bless others.? The soon to be teenager who became a Christian in 1999 and attends the Leek Christian Fellowship in Leek, Staffordshire, with her mum Pauline, wanted to do something to make a positive and real difference in the lives of young people after reading a short report of another young girl who had her hair cut for the charity. ?Locks of Love? distributes free hair prosthesis (hairpiece) made from donations of real hair to under privilege children and teenagers, Elizabeth says that when she read the report a ?light bulb went off in my head.? For her parents Paul and Pauline they thought it was just a pre-teen good idea that would go away but Elizabeth's ?light bulb? couldn't be switched off and so after months of persuasion (pester power) they agreed that it would be an ?incredible thing to do for somebody.? .... | |
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| | | Family expresses devastation at son's loss | | Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 2:59:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | The family of James F. Alenson broke their silence yesterday, expressing sorrow at the death of the 15-year-old, who was slain last Friday inside Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. "Our family is devastated by the loss of our son, James," said the statement issued on behalf of Alenson's parents, Jon and Carman; his siblings, Grace and Grant Alenson; and the rest of their extended family. "We will carry him in our hearts forever. . . . James adored the Patriots, comedy, and his family." The family described him as "always the first to offer help, incapable of telling a lie." "He was a genuinely good person in a world that underappreciates how much joy that brings to the people around them," they said. Relatives said the freshman from Sudbury, who recently moved from Natick, was an "innocent" who enjoyed working part time at the Natick Community Organic Farm.... | |
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| | | Gene glitch may lead to hair loss | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:59:39 AM by Blog57 Team | | Roger Highfield describes the latest insight into thinnning hair, one which suggests a new family of treatments A link between baldness and a gene that plays a role in fat metabolism has been found by screening hundreds of thousands of people, suggesting yet another approach in the endless quest to find an effective treatment for hair loss. Although millions of dollars are invested annually by pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies in finding a treatment for baldness, the molecular mechanisms controlling human hair growth and scalp hair loss are still poorly understood. .... | |
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| | | Gene Glitch May Up Inherited Hair Loss | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:00:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | Glitches in the LIPH gene may cause inherited hair loss, a study shows. The study, published in Science, doesn't blame hair loss solely on the LIPH gene. People can lose their hair for many reasons, and other genes may also be involved. Still, the LIPH gene stood out in a hair-loss study by researchers including Evgeny Rogaev, PhD, DrSci. Rogaev is a psychiatry professor specializing in genetics at University of Massachusetts medical School. He and his colleagues studied healthy people from 50 unrelated families in Russia with a condition of inherited hair loss and slow-growing hair. Those participants were part of a much bigger genetic study of more than 350,000 Russians. Participants with inherited hair loss and slow-growing hair had a glitch in their LIPH gene, the study shows.... | |
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| | | William Collier Design Expands Team and Options | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:06:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | Seattle, WA (PRWEB) November 10, 2006 -- William Collier Design, a leader in the hair replacement industry, has expanded his office, his design team, and now offers more options for the increasing number of population with hair loss. Once a renowned hair designer with a large operation, decided to downsize a bit to offer a secure, discreet place for people suffering from hair loss to come and learn what can be done regarding their particular hair loss concerns. His passion and compassion has many other professionals, both in the medical community and hair styling community referring people to his place of business in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle from all over the state and beyond. .... | |
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| | | NU/HART - The World Leader in Hair Transplants is Growing and Growing | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:00:10 AM by Blog57 Team | | (PRWEB) November 7, 2006 -- Hair transplantation is a simple, office-based clinical procedure that takes hair from the back and sides of the head and transplants them to the thinning and balding areas. This hair continues to grow because it is genetically different from the hair that has been shed from the front hairline and crown areas of the head. .... | |
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| | | Hair Loss Experts Visit Miami Hurricanes Football to Educate Men ... | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:09:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | MIAMI, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) has announced the launch of Get Your Head in the Game, a national consumer awareness program that will take place at select college football stadiums across the country in order to educate men about male pattern hair loss. The program is sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc. The campaign will stop on November 4, 2006 at the Orange Bowl for Miami's game against the Virginia Tech Hokies. During the tour, college football fans will have an opportunity to: * Pick up important information about hair loss * Speak with an ISHRS physician about their hair loss situation * Vote for one of the five universities as the best tailgating school * Register for a chance to win a Segway(R) HT .... | |
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| | | Hair loss disappointing: Ponting | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:00:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | Australian captain Ricky Ponting says Darrell Hair's reported removal from the International Cricket Council's (ICC) elite umpiring panel is surprising and disappointing. A highly-placed ICC source said India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, together with South Africa, Zimbabwe and the West Indies, voted for Hair's dismissal at an executive board meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Mumbai. The decision was set to be formally announced later. It comes after Pakistan lodged a complaint against Hair for his role in the forfeited Oval Test against England in August and demanded an inquiry into his conduct. Hair awarded the first forfeited match in Test cricket's 129-year history when Pakistan refused to return to the field in protest at being accused of ball-tampering.... | |
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| | | Dying To Be Thin With Anorexia, Weight Loss Pill | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 3:21:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | The number of people "dying" to be thin has doubled over the past three decades as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that at least 5 million people are now affected by anorexia. Now CBS 2 News has learned young women have found a new pill to feed their already dangerous weight loss addiction.From thin to thinner to unreal -- the pressure to weigh less than everyone else has become an obsession again on the runway, on the red carpet, and in the school hallway.Vicky Matropolo became obsessed with the scale weighing herself ten times a day. "It was a game," Matropolo said. "How far could I push the limit before someone noticed or intervened?"Matropolo's weight eventually fell all the way to 88 pounds. She says she used over-the-counter diet pills and worked out two to three hours a day.... | |
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| | | PCB lodges formal complaint against Hair | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:07:31 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Pakistan Cricket Board today lodged a written formal complaint with the International Cricket Council even as the conduct and future of umpire Darrell Hair will be discussed at the ICC Executive Board meeting to be held in Mumbai from November 3. The PCB demanded the ICC to inquire into the Australian's conduct during the controversial Oval Test forfeiture. "We have managed to put Hair's conduct in the Oval Test on the board meeting agenda and rest assured we are going to do our best to ensure that his conduct and future is discussed by the members," a PCB official told PTI. The PCB wants the ICC to hold an official inquiry into the events that led to the disruption and forfeiture of the Test since the England and Wales Cricket Board has asked them to compensated a loss of 800,000 pounds.... | |
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