A new study suggests that Black women's long-term use of some chemical hair relaxers at least twice a year has been associated with a higher risk of uterine cancer. File Photo by Pixabay. Oct. 11 (UPI ...

The Hair Relaxer MDL is now focusing on bellwether cases to test claims that chemical relaxers cause cancers. After extensive discovery and expert analysis, the court will narrow the cases for trial, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Postmenopausal Black women who reported using hair relaxers more than twice a year or for more than five years had a greater than ...

For decades, chemical hair relaxers have been a popular solution for those seeking to transform curly or textured hair into straight, manageable styles. However, behind the smooth results lies a ...

Danielle Ward Mason started using hair relaxer when she was eight years old. "When I was a child, I always wanted to engage in things that were active; I wanted to be a cheerleader. I wanted to swim.

In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to unveil a proposal to consider banning the ...

Black women wear their hair proudly — they're diverse in shape, style, and texture. But the use of some products is reportedly harming them. Around the country, Black women have brought lawsuits ...

CHEMICAL FREE ALTERNATIVES. TO. CONSUMER REPORTS. WRITER YADIRA RODRIGUEZ HAS A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH HER LONG, CURLY HAIR. I LOVE HAVING MY HAIR AT THIS LENGTH. I LOVE HAVING MY CURLY HAIR.

Long-term use of chemical hair relaxers by postmenopausal Black women is associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer, according to new research that’s part of Boston University’s Black Women’s ...

Oct. 11 (UPI) --Black women's long-term use of some chemical hair relaxers at least twice a year has been associated with a higher risk of uterine cancer, according to a new study done by Boston ...