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(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 ...

When it comes to your beauty routine, it's important to know your undertones. It can be the difference between your foundation looking like second skin versus a mask or mastering that new makeup trend ...

The impact of skin color in the lives of Latinos across the United States is huge. The impact of skin color in the lives of Latinos across the United States is huge. It impacts the ability to move ...

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee met Friday to figure out ways to make pulse oximeters more accurate when doing readings on darker skin both in hospitals and at home, after research ...

ATHENS, Greece — Although melanoma occurs much more frequently in people with lighter complexions, people with darker skin are also at risk, according to experts who spoke at the 11th World Congress ...

Nina Jablonski was at the helm of researching skin color evolution in the 1990s. Since then, she's worked with other scholars such as Henry Louis Gates Jr. to give young students a chance to ...

Despite advances, Arielle Kauvar, MD, calls for more research on laser and energy-based devices for patients with skin of color. Colorblind energy devices and long-wavelength lasers are safest for ...