Tag: skin cancer and redheads
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New Study Reveals Redheads Have Higher Pain Tolerance
A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) discovered that redheads could handle pain better than others. This may sound strange, but researchers believe they’ve found why this occurs. In humans and mice with red hair, their skin’s pigment-producing cells lack a specific receptor’s functioning. Without this receptor, changes happen, which cause an imbalance in…
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Researchers Reveal Why Red Hair Means You Have A Higher Risk For Skin Cancer
All kinds of cancer are frightening. But did you know that skin cancer affects a whopping 20% of all Americans before they hit 70 years of age? That’s one in five of all people, making it the most common type of cancer experienced by those living in the U.S. This is already a worrying enough…