Coronavirus and sex hormones — baldness may be a risk factor and anti-androgens a treatment
- Written by Jenny Graves, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
ShutterstockTwo smallstudies published recently suggested most men hospitalised with COVID-19 are bald, generating headlines around the world.
While this may sound strange, science does offer a plausible explanation.
Male pattern baldness is associated with high levels of male sex hormones called androgens. And androgens seem to play an important...