RE: Hair Loss Problem

[broseus%nihrsb.dnet@dxi.nih.gov (Roger W. Broseus, Ph.D. Email to RogerB@nih.gov)]

As others have pointed out, it's highly unlikely that the hair loss is due to
radiation.  This seems like yet another example of faulty logic: it rained
yesterday and my hair fell out, so, rain causes hair loss.

Interestingly, it was commone for women to go bald in the middle ages.  This is
not a case of role reversal, er, maybe it is: men ate better than women ... 
maybe so they could go chase dragons, bring in the bacon, or what ever.  And,
there's a modern couterpart: crash diets.  First-hand knowledge: an aquaintance
went on one of those less-than subsistence diets ... 500 or 600 calories with
vitamin supplements, under a "physician's" care.  Suddenly the hair loss
started.

So, once again, there are many causes OTHER than radiation for things that are
unexpected.

-- Roger