Researchers around the world have been, and still are, seeking connections between scalp hair loss and various health matters. Despite speculation to the contrary it has been found that there is no provable link between hair loss generally and coronary artery disease. But many dermatologists suggested ongoing study is needed.

Environmental factors are also presently under review following a 2007 study that indicated  smoking may be a factor associated with age-related scalp hair loss among Asian men. The study controlled by age and family history found statistically significant positive associations between hair loss and smoking habits.

In May the same year, researchers in the USA unveiled a new scientific breakthrough that may cure scalp hair loss with stem cells and that a product could be on the market within three years. The researchers found that a new growth of hair producing follicles could be created in mice by disturbing their skin.

In February 2008 German researchers announced they had found a genetic basis of two distinct forms of inherited hair loss, this opened a wide path to renewed treatments for baldness. The specific role a receptor plays in hair growth was not previously known to scientists but they now have hope that a renewed focus could lead to more of these genes leading to therapies for very different types of hair loss.

An eight month study performed in Malaysia showed daily supplements of a patented vitamin E complex may increase hair growth in people with male pattern baldness by 42 percent and in May 2009 Japanese researches identified a gene that appears to be responsible for hair loss in people.

As can be seen by the above reports that research such as this has been taking place around the world with considerable hope for success in the future indicating that scalp baldness may well soon be a physical human feature of the past.