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Scientists Finally Worked Out Why Some Hair Is Curly – And It Starts Beneath The Skin Original

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By Carly Cassella Verified
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If you're sick of your dead-straight hair or untameable curls, the blame doesn't start with your wash and dry routine, or even the temperature or humidity of your surroundings. It begins below the skin's surface with hundreds of thousands of tiny follicles littering your scalp. In 2005, scientists dissected human scalp follicles and found that in people with curly hair, those locks are already forming even before they leave the skull and tumble out over the head.
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Too Much Happiness Sent A Woman To The Emergency Room In an Incredibly Rare Case Original

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The phrase "I could die of happiness" is not meant to be taken literally. But as it turns out, you actually can – though it is exceedingly rare. A new case study, published in Oxford Medical Case Reports, tells the unusual story of a 65-year-old woman who was so desperately happy after attending her daughter's wedding, doctors thought she was having a heart attack. For three days after the festivities, she suffered chest pain and shortness of breath.
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Too Much Happiness Sent A Woman To The Emergency Room In an Incredibly Rare Case

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Carly Cassella Sat, 18 July 2026 at 8:00 pm UTC 4 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Too Much Happiness Sent A Woman To The Emergency Room In an Incredibly Rare Case The phrase "I could die of happiness" is not meant to be taken literally. But as it turns out, you actually can – though it is exceedingly rare.
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