A cooling cap worn during chemotherapy treatments may help prevent hair loss in breast cancer patients, according to a new study presented Friday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The cap ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing the nation’s second cooling cap — Paxman Scalp Cooling System — to reduce hair loss in patients with breast cancer ...

WAVERLE: THIS IS JENNIFER BRUCK TWO MONTHS BEFORE HER FIRST CANCER DIAGNOSIS. BRUCK: I LOST ALL MY HAIR DURI THAT TREATMENT, VERY QUICKLY, WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF STARTING THAT TREATMENT I LOST ALL OF ...

A breast cancer survivor wants more insurance companies and hospitals to embrace a new treatment to prevent hair loss.

After doctors diagnosed Paula Estrada with breast cancer in 2009, the then 41-year-old Argentine decided she would not only beat the disease, but would do so without losing her long blonde hair to the ...

It's no surprise that most women with breast cancer consider hair loss one of the most traumatic aspects of chemotherapy. That has led to a big market for cooling caps, which are purported to limit ...

CANTON – Nicole Tatarides doesn't mind the occasional mild brain freeze — or even the icicles in her hair. They are worthwhile side effects to keeping her hair as she undergoes chemotherapy at Aultman ...