You panic because he's starting to show signs of baldness or thinning hair? Hm ... from the beauty side so it looks less unsightly. But in terms of health, you probably just need to be thankful. The new study conducted by the University of Washington School of Medicine found that men who begin to experience loss of hair before the age of 30 years, it was a lower risk of developing prostate cancer.
This research was done by examining 2000 men aged 40-47 years, half of whom have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The researchers conducted a comparison of men who know that their hair begins to thin before they are 30 years of age, with those who did not. After that graphed how many respondents in each category are also tumor.
The results, published in the Journal of Epidemiology, showed that men who experience hair loss proved to have a younger lower chance of developing prostate cancer tumors.
From these data, the researchers saw that these men have higher testosterone levels. When hair follicles are exposed overflow of dihydrotestosterone, a chemical produced by testosterone, baldness can occur. This made the researchers conclude that men with high testosterone levels have a higher chance of also losing their hair. However, this study says that men with high testosterone levels at a young age is likely to cause baldness, as well as protect from tumor development.
Head of research management at The Prostate Cancer Charity, said that this latest study also provides new insights on how testosterone works in the body.
"The age in which men begin to experience hair loss was not a risk factor for prostate cancer," said Dr Helen Rippon.
Only 25-30 percent of men who enter into this category, which began membotak or completely bald at the age of 30 years. This figure rose to 50 percent when a man 50 years of age.
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