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The Kaye Adams Programme: Would you take a drug to cure baldness or hair loss?

09/05/2018

Would you take a drug to cure baldness or hair loss?

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, Would you take a drug to cure baldness or hair loss?

Kaye gets to the heart of the stories making the news.

Kaye gets to the heart of the stories making the news, offering the listeners the opportunity to have their say. Would you take a drug to cure baldness or hair loss?

A potential new cure for baldness has been discovered using a drug originally intended to treat osteoporosis. Project leader Dr Nathan Hawkshaw, from the University of Manchester, said it could "make a real difference to people who suffer from hair loss".
Would you take a drug to cure baldness or hair loss?
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