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Redheads have higher incidence of gynecologic cancers
Just read a research article that states natural tedheads have a higher risk of gynecologic cancers related to being exposed to higher levels of estrogen before birth. Prenatal estrogen influences not only the emergence of certain medical conditions but also the development of certain hair colors, particularly red hair. One anthropologist stated there’s a three way relationship between being a woman, having ted hair and having these diseases (gynecological cancers. Any other red heads out there diagnosed with a gynecological cancer?
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@aardvark2118 Could you please tell us where you read this research article? You can either post the link here or you can copy and paste the name of the author(s) and the publication where you read this. Thank you.
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1 ReactionBalderdash. I am a redhead and I hear this kind of claim frequently - our pain fibers are less or more resistant to pain, we are more susceptible to skin cancer, we are more intelligent, we are less intelligent, more of us are left handed than the general population.
Show me credible research or consider it entertainment.
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2 ReactionsThere are a couple of article on the PLOSOne site and one on NIH on red hair and pain threshold. Just thought it was interesting not intending it to be a direct correlation or causation
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3 ReactionsAs a redhead, I think a lot of the claims are balderdash as well. However, when working in X-ray, we had the crash cart close by with redheads (also fair skinned, freckled blonds), because they so frequently had allergic reactions (often severe) to the contrast. Unfortunately I didn’t escape the statistic.
Yea I wasn’t challenging you. 🙂