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Brain ripples could hold clues to memory

You're trying to remember a word. You're thinking, thinking … and suddenly, it pops into your head. NIH...
Angela Christiano, Ph.D., has studied alopecia for decades. Alopecia Areata

Close to home: NIH researcher and alopecia patient seeks a cure

Angela Christiano, Ph.D., is not a typical researcher. Dr. Christiano studies a hair loss disease called alopecia areata. She...
Brittney Hammond helps lift up others through cheerleading and sharing her alopecia areata story on her YouTube channel. Alopecia Areata

"It doesn’t define you": Living with alopecia areata

Brittney Hammond was 8 years old when her hair started falling out. Her cousin was the first one to see the...