Human skin color is primarily determined by the pigment melanin, which includes eumelanin and pheomelanin. The amount, distribution and type of melanin also affect hair and eye color. Factors such as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There may be value to adapt the original major and minor criteria to account for diverse patient populations.

Sarah Tishkoff Of the University of Pennsylvania led a collaborative team of researchers who have discovered key insights into the molecular basis of skin color differences among Africans. “There’s so ...

(Special to The Root) — Skin color is one of our most important biological traits. Its many shades evolved as humans moved far and wide into regions with different intensities of sunlight. Skin color ...

Credit: Getty Images. Clinical phenotypes of atopic dermatitis can vary greatly based on skin color and can make atopic dermatitis difficult to diagnose. Recognizing the clinical diversity of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Atopic dermatitis is more common in Black patients, especially children. Erythema may be harder to identify in ...

NEW YORK — When attempting to improve the appearance of the skin, the risk of chemical peels in all skin types is excessive penetration of the chemical solution that produces complications, but the ...

The Apgar test grades infants in five areas, including skin tone. Babies of color score lower, and may be subjected to unnecessary treatment. By Roni Caryn Rabin Shortly after they’re born, infants ...

The textbook assumption is that when the first modern humans arrived in Europe, around 45,000 years ago, they quickly evolved pale skin to adapt to the region’s dimmer sunlight relative to Africa. The ...