Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): Asian men should kick the butt if they don’t want their locks to fall off, for a new study has stated that smoking might be the cause of age-related hair loss among them.

According to Lin-Hui Su, M.D., M.Sc., of the Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, and Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen, D.D. S., Ph. D., of National Taiwan University, Taipei, the risk for the condition is largely genetic, however some environmental factors may also play a role.

“Androgenetic alopecia, a hereditary androgen-dependent disorder, is characterized by progressive thinning of the scalp hair defined by various patterns, ” the authors wrote as background information in the article.

“It is the most common type of hair loss in men”, they added.

Washington, November 20 (ANI): An experimental gene therapy has shown the potential to normalise brain function in patients with Parkinson’s disease in a study involving brain scans.

Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): New mothers who want to return to their pre-pregnancy weight really do need to get enough of sleep, for a new study has found that a lack of it is associated with weight g

Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): A study conducted by researchers at Indiana University has revealed th

Yuba City (California), Nov.19 : Sikhs have been a part of the American landscape for over 130 years.

Washington, Nov.19 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto may appear to have washed her hands off President General Pervez Musharraf, but if a report in the Time magazine is anything to go