Hair loss from chemotherapy can be one of the most distressing side effects of treatment. Now, two new studies show cooling the scalp could stop it.Nearly every week, Chris and Dora Lessard go through ...

When Amanda Butler was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 32, the prospect of chemotherapy was daunting. “That was the last thing I wanted to do. I was like I don’t want to lose my hair,” Butler ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first time Miriam Lipton had breast cancer, her thick locks fell out two weeks after starting chemotherapy. The second time breast cancer struck, Lipton gave her scalp a deep ...

The first time Miriam Lipton had breast cancer, her thick locks fell out two weeks after starting chemotherapy. The second time breast cancer struck, Lipton gave her scalp a deep chill and kept much ...

Jen Tassi felt like a bobblehead as her oncologist explained her breast cancer diagnosis, the various drugs that would make up her chemotherapy treatments and how and when they’d be delivered. The ...

BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) — New studies have found that cooling caps can help cancer patients keep their hair through chemotherapy treatment, however, this type of treatment comes with risks that Idaho ...

A new process called cold cap therapy is helping more cancer patients keep their hair during chemotherapy. “We have a lot of medication that can help alleviate most of the side effects [of chemo],” ...

In December, I joined the 1 in 8 women in the United States diagnosed with breast cancer. Found on a routine mammogram, my tumor was small, and by all measures I had the best prognosis possible. The ...

WASHINGTON — Hair loss is one of chemotherapy's most despised side effects, not because of vanity but because it fuels stigma — revealing to the world an illness that many would rather keep private.

Jen Tassi felt like a bobblehead as her oncologist explained her breast cancer diagnosis, the various drugs that would make up her chemotherapy treatments and how and when they’d be delivered. The ...