Consumer Health: Understanding skin cancer and how to prevent it
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this and good time to learn about the three main types of skin cancer and what you can do to keep yourself healthy.
May 16, 2022
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May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this and good time to learn about the three main types of skin cancer and what you can do to keep yourself healthy.
May 16, 2022
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New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) provides insights on why people with red hair exhibit altered sensitivity to certain kinds of pain. The findings are published in Science Advances.
Apr 3, 2021
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The risk of developing melanoma is significantly multiplied for people who have red hair and more than 20 large moles, University of Queensland researchers have found.
Mar 4, 2019
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Scientists have discovered eight genes linked to red hair, helping to solve a mystery of how redheads inherit their flaming locks.
Dec 10, 2018
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For every 100 people in the world, only one or two will have red hair.
Feb 7, 2018
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Dermatologists may need to look further than red hair and freckles when identifying patients who might be genetically predisposed to skin cancer.
May 8, 2017
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A gene variant that produces red hair and fair skin in humans and in mice, which increases the risk of the dangerous skin cancer melanoma, may also contribute to the known association between melanoma and Parkinson's disease. ...
Mar 2, 2017
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For the first time, researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and University of Leeds have proved that gene variants associated with red hair, pale skin and freckles are linked to a higher number of genetic mutations ...
Jul 12, 2016
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(HealthDay)—New research suggests that genes tied to blue eyes and red hair could put people at higher risk for moles or freckling in childhood, which are often precursors to the deadly skin cancer melanoma later in life.
Nov 19, 2014
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A person's skin pigment, which determines hair color and skin tone, is influenced by the melanocortin-1 (MC1R) gene receptor. For the population's one to two percent of redheads, a mutation in MC1R accounts for their red ...
Aug 22, 2013
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