Bald truth about risk

PREMATURELY grey and balding men may be at greater risk of early heart disease, say scientists.

A new study has linked male-pattern baldness and turning grey young with a more than fivefold risk of developing heart disease before the age of 40.

It was a bigger risk factor than obesity, which raised the risk of early heart disease four times.

Dr Sachin Patil, from the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre at Ahmedabad, India, was the study’s lead researcher.