Hair testing is intrinsically sensitive to hair phenotype and analyte chemistry, and cosmetic damage can increase ...

A 2025 study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has highlighted an important issue: it found that women who often use chemical straighteners have a higher risk of uterine cancer ...

(AP) - Two U.S. House members who first pushed the Food and Drug Administration in 2023 to investigate the health risks of hair straighteners used primarily by Black women are now asking the agency ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Permanent chemical hair relaxers remain popular, despite studies linking usage with uterine and other cancers. Two studies supported by the National Institutes of Health show a higher ...

Bonds are attractive forces between atoms in hair (like hydrogen and sulfur) that hold its structure together. “Hair is primarily made of the protein keratin,” says Bridgette Hill, a certified ...

In search of beauty – and goodness – people could be putting themselves in danger unknowingly through hair treatment – dyeing, curling and straightening - according to a new research published in BMJ ...