Big Booger
August 11th, 2005, 02:53 AM
Blondes may have more fun but redheads are less likely to feel pain, according to a study showing flaming locks are linked with stoicism in the face of suffering.
For reasons that have yet to be understood, women with red hair appear to be more resistant to pain compared to women with other colours of hair, and men, a scientist said yesterday.
The preliminary findings will be investigated in a study to be launched in Britain by the Medical Research Council's Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh which has recruited a panel of redheads to take part in the research.
One of the aims is to see if there is a natural mechanism at work in redheads that can be adapted to help in developing new pain-killers and anaesthetics, said Professor Ian Jackson.
:story: Full Story: Independent (http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article304907.ece)
For reasons that have yet to be understood, women with red hair appear to be more resistant to pain compared to women with other colours of hair, and men, a scientist said yesterday.
The preliminary findings will be investigated in a study to be launched in Britain by the Medical Research Council's Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh which has recruited a panel of redheads to take part in the research.
One of the aims is to see if there is a natural mechanism at work in redheads that can be adapted to help in developing new pain-killers and anaesthetics, said Professor Ian Jackson.
:story: Full Story: Independent (http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article304907.ece)