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...years, women like Cox have suffered in silence, fretting about thinning hair but saying nothing. Suddenly, it seems, they are becoming more talkative. You might have noticed a couple more television ads touting cures for the problem--nothing to rival the come-ons for male-pattern baldness, though. Still, the topic is getting more airtime as remedies proliferate and people become more comfortable confronting...
Women who suspect they are losing their hair should talk with a dermatologist. Androgenetic alopecia is the most common diagnosis. As women get past 40, they tend to exhibit more signs of female-pattern hair loss, which is a diffuse thinning all over the scalp, most severely at the top. Men, conversely, experience male-pattern baldness, which involves receding hairlines and large patches of baldness. However, the triggers for female hair loss can be diverse, including emotional or physical stress--giving birth, a hysterectomy, an eating disorder or depression. Many medications can be culprits, including high-blood-pressure drugs, cholesterol...
...seldom applied because it sets such a high burden of proof. Prosecutors must show that a leaker had access to classified information and knew that its release would unveil someone whose identity the government was trying to conceal. The law provides a mechanism to punish someone who demonstrates a "pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents." The penalties: up to 10 years in jail and a stiff fine...
ACHUTHAN: The difference is, this time around it's a different recovery. You're not going to follow a pattern of jobs snapping back to the rise in growth...
...Western Avenue enjoys its spectacular river views, each and every resident, and every innocent passerby for that matter, is subjected to the building’s exterior. Flat and Spartan, the building’s face is decorated only by different sized windows in a seemingly random pattern and bricks of varying color and texture. Residents tended to outdo the critics in their creative assessments of the building, some commenting that it resembles “a hospital,” “a prison,” “a psychiatric ward?...