Minor hair loss is a normal part of the hair-growing cycle. Each hair lives about 4.5 years, falls out and is replaced in about six months. If your hair is falling out in clumps, certain lifestyle practices or changes may be to blame, but consult a physician to rule out underlying medical conditions.
Blood draw: Removal of blood, usually by venipuncture (phlebotomy, venous blood sampling). Common term for blood sampling for laboratory analysis.
Dried blood spot testing (DBS) is a form of biosampling where blood samples are blotted and dried on filter paper. The dried samples can easily be shipped to an analytical laboratory and analysed using various methods such as DNA amplification or HPLC.