22 February 2010 16:45
Hair Loss Gene Found in Man Who Lived 4000 Years Ago
Preserved by the permafrost in Greenland, a clump of hair belonging to a man who lived four millennia ago revealed his genetic tendency for male pattern balding. Archeologist discovered the hair 24 years ago among artifacts of the Saqqaq culture, the earliest known inhabitants of Greenland.
Losing Your Hair? Your Genes are Only Partly to Blame
In a study due to be released next month, the worlds leading hair transplant and hair loss expert Dr. Larry Shapiro will show that men and women have been losing their hair from using popular weight loss and work out products that contain whey protein isolate, and it is not just their genes that are to blame.
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