U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, and Nydia Velásquez, D-N.Y., are urging the Food and Drug ...

Research suggests that heavy use of chemical hair relaxers may be linked to an increased risk of certain cancers. So what then about alternatives?

Hair relaxers, used by many Black women for sleek, straight hair, may pose a significant breast cancer risk. The Ghana Breast Health Study (GBHS) found that Ghanaian women who use chemical ...

DALLAS — Thousands of women across the country have sued major hair relaxer manufacturers and brand companies, claiming that chemical straightening products have led to uterine cancer and other ...

Jessicca Alexander embraces her natural hair after years of using relaxers, linking them to her uterine cancer diagnosis.

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 ...

"We want to do everything to make our hair beautiful, and by using relaxers, that was a way for my hair to be beautiful to me." Young lives in Douglasville, Georgia. She is among the millions of ...

A Boston University study found that women who use hair relaxers more than twice a year or for over five years have a 50% increased risk of uterine cancer. Black women often have thick ...

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 ...