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Stub out cigarettes to keep your tresses beautiful.

Study author Dr. Bahman Guyuron, chairman of the department of plastic surgery at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine said

We can say that we identified factors that appear to both raise risk and lower risk, for both men and women, independent of genetic disposition.

Genetics aside, the next strongest predictor of midline (central) hair loss is marital status. Women who lose a spouse through divorce or death show increased thinning of hair than their married counterparts. Sharing responsibilities with a partner in life provides a stress-reduction. The transition into independence following marriage, coupled with the stress of grief taxes delicate hair follicles, causing locks to fall away and not return. Continue Reading

According to a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, those who had smoked for 48 years or more had a 42 percent to 51 percent lower risk of total knee or hip replacement than men who had never smoked. Age was an important factor as well as body weight and physical exercise.

For smokers with nearly five decades of smoking behind them, the risk of death was higher in heavier smokers, but did not change the association found; as reported in the Journal.

“More research is needed to better understand the role of smoking in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis,” researchers wrote. George Mnatzaganian, a doctorial student at the University of Adelaide in Australia, along with colleagues researched and wrote the study. Continue Reading