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Uglier people live longer (3)

By Yao Xinyu (People's Daily Online)    16:43, January 27, 2016
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Bald men have a smaller possibility of having cancer

The medical school of the University of Washington conducted research with 2,000 male participants aged from 40 to 47, and found that males who start to go bald before 30 have at least a 29 to 45 percent lower possibility of getting prostate cancer. Scientists explain that males with higher androgen tend to lose their hair but have less chance of having prostate cancer.

Bigger rear, lower diabetes

Harvard University discovered that subcutaneous fat on the buttocks lowers the risk of having diabetes. Different from visceral fat, subcutaneous fat develops adipokines which enhance metabolism. If the fat is transferred from the rear end to the abdomen, it also works in lowering the blood glucose level.


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