The Evidence Based Hair Podcast was created by dermatologist & hair loss specialist Dr Jeff Donovan to highlight new, hot off the press, world-class research in the field of hair loss. The podcast was created for hair loss practitioners around the world who care for patients with all different types of hair loss. Each week, different hair loss research topics are covered in the podcast including new research related to androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areatea, telogen effluvium, traction alopecia, tinea capitis, trichotillomania, chemotherapy induced hair loss, lichen planopilaris, frontal fibrosing alopecia, dissecting cellulitis, folliculitis decalvans, discoid lupus, central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, erosive pustular dermatosis.... and a whole lot more.
THIS WEEK’S STUDIES (SEASON 6, EPISODE 2)
Krauss A (starts at 13:20). Why all randomised controlled trials produce biased results. Ann Med. 2018 Jun;50(4):312-322.
Van Noorden R (starts at 16:30). Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed? Nature. 2023 Jul;619(7970):454-458. Listen at • Audio long read: Medic...
Carlisle JB (starts at 17:23). False individual patient data and zombie randomised controlled trials submitted to Anaesthesia. Anaesthesia. 2021 Apr;76(4):472-479.
PREVIEW NEXT WEEK’S STUDIES (SEASON 6, EPISODE 3)
Ong M et al. Low-dose oral minoxidil for androgenetic alopecia is not associated with clinically significant blood-pressure changes: a retrospective study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Oct 13:S0190-9622(23)02976-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.10.010. Online ahead of print.
Jimenez-Cauhe et al. Safety of Low-Dose Oral Minoxidil in Patients With Hypertension and Arrhythmia: A Multicenter Study of 264 Patients. Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2023 Aug 29:S0001-7310(23)00679-8.
Imhof R et al. Safety and tolerability of low dose oral minoxidil monotherapy in female pattern hair loss: A retrospective review with longitudinal ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. JAAD Int. 2023 Aug 12:13:50-52.