What Your Hair Can Reveal About Your Health

Experts warn that testing is not yet standardized enough for reliable health screening.
What Your Hair Can Reveal About Your Health
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When we think about health diagnostics, blood tests and medical scans often come to mind. Yet an often-overlooked window into our well-being lies right on our heads—our hair.

Beyond its aesthetic appeal, hair can serve as a biological archive, capturing a wealth of information about our body’s internal state.

George Citroner
George Citroner
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George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.