A hair strand drug test screens for illicit drug use and the misuse of prescription medication. Though commonly called a “hair follicle test,” this drug test only tests clipped strands of hair ...

Since the levels were “so high” in the hair follicle, Simon said the drugs would also have shown up in the urine test. “The hair tests are not reliable,” Simon said. While the Substance ...

A man and a woman were recently arrested and charged with endangering a child after their two children tested positive for ...

Diagram of a hair follicle taken from back fur. This study found that when Itg-beta5 was present in hair follicle stem cells located in the upper bulge of the follicle, the hair went through many ...

In Part I of the review (July/August 2004), the anatomy of hair follicles, the diagnostic approach to diseases leading to hair loss, and nonscarring alopecias were discussed. In this article (Part ...

The Mindanao Transport Confederation of the Philippines (MTCP) calls on President Marcos Jr. to voluntarily undergo a hair follicle drug test to ensure transparency and accountability in his ...

Typical are so-called hair tufts, where multiple hair shafts emerge from one dilated follicle opening. This is caused by fibrosis of adjacent follicular units and retention of telogen hairs within ...