Asim Shahmalak
He is a frequent media spokesman, and has written about the importance placed in hair over the centuries and the fact that baldness until recently was not recognised as a social or medical issue, despite the sometimes catastrophic impact it can have on confidence and mental well-being. He wrote: "Male pattern baldness (MPB), the main cause of hair loss, affects an estimated quarter of men by the age of 30 and two thirds by the age of 60. Until recently, the impact baldness might have on confidence and well-being was little understood or recognised by the medical profession at large."
Appendicitis
Appendicitis is most common between the ages of 5 and 40; the median age is 28. Risk factors include being male, higher household income and living in a rural area. In 2013 it resulted in 72,000 deaths globally down from 88,000 in 1990.