HC Deb 26 July 1968 vol 769 cc232-3W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will refer to the Medical Research Council for their examination the evidence of the researches of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, details of which have been sent to him, that loss of hair and premature baldness can be attributed to the habitual taking of aspirins.

Mrs. Shirley Williams

This investigation, which suggested an association, though not necessarily a casual relationship, between the habitual taking of aspirin and hair loss, has been reported in a widely read medical journal and will be followed up by research workers as necessary.