http://www.metafilter.com/tags/trich Posts tagged with 'trich' at MetaFilter. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:24:19 -0800 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:24:19 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/66291/The%2DPerfect%2DMarriage%2Dof%2DGreat%2DScience%2Dand%2DGreat%2DHair A 2007 <a href="http://brain.utah.edu/">Nobel Prize-winning breakthrough</a> in genetics may hold the key to <a href="http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.htm?programID=07-P13-00041#feature3">eliminating</a> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/articles/disorders/gallery/gallery_case3.shtml">Trichotillomania</a>: the gene Hoxb8 governs <a href="http://www.hhmi.org/news/capecchi.html">grooming behavior</a> in mammals. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.66291 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:24:19 -0800 capecchi genetic grooming hoxb8 mice nobel trich trichotillomania hermitosis http://www.metafilter.com/55209/National%2DTrichotillomannia%2DAwareness%2DWeek%2D2006 October 1 through till October 8 is <a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/31013/national_trichotrillomania_awareness.html">National Trichotillomannia Awareness Week</a>. What is Trichotillomania<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotillomannia#National_Trichotillomania_Awareness_Week">^</a> (or Trich, for short), you ask? Put simply, Trich is a compulsive hair pulling disorder that causes people to pull out their own hair from the scalp, eyebrows or pretty much anywhere on the body. Because they often pull repeatedly from the same spots, they may develop bald spots that are difficult to disguise and which sufferers are often very ashamed of. Sometimes they may even injest the hair, which is <a href="http://www.hairgrowthnews.com/ar/ar012.shtml">sometimes fatal</a>. It is unknown exactly how many people suffer from it, but it is known that the vast <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8171173&query_hl=5&itool=pubmed_docsum">majority of those afflicted are female</a>. But for those few people who suffer with it, <a href="http://www.ocdla.com/trichotillomania.html">help is at hand</a>! There's a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428253/">documentary about it</a> which you can watch, <a href="http://www.trich.org/home/">a website devoted to helping people learn how to deal with it</a>, <a href="http://www.healthdiaries.com/trichotillomania/cody/">blogs</a> and even an <a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/28808">anonymous AskMe question</a>. For those interested in learning more about what National Tricotillomannia Week entails, <a href="http://www.trich.org/AllJoinHands/descriptions.htm">check out this page</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.55209 Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:52:53 -0800 hair pulling trich trichotillomannia Effigy2000