A Massachusetts mother who is battling cancer is pushing health insurance companies to cover a treatment that is often ...
Princess Kate Middleton shocked the world by announcing in 2024 that she was battling an unspecified form of cancer following a noticeable absence from the public eye that had drawn attention from ...
To help prevent hair loss for eligible breast-cancer patients in chemotherapy, Mount Sinai South Nassau Breast Health Services is now offering cold-cap therapy. Cold-cap therapy was cleared by the U.S ...
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.
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 -- Hair loss is one of the most despised side effects of chemotherapy, and now breast cancer patients are getting a new way to try to save their locks. The Food and Drug Administration said ...
ATLANTA -- Paula Rice looks and feels healthy and she has a full head of hair, yet she is halfway through 12 rounds of chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. Rice says she has saved her hair by ...
Just when Krystal and Josh Galindo thought they were putting 2020 and COVID-19 behind them as they entered 2021, their hopes was quickly dashed when the 34-year-old mom of four was diagnosed with ...
In this episode of the “CURE Talks Cancer” podcast, we spoke with breast cancer specialist Dr. Julie Nangia about the increase of popularity in the use of devices known as cold caps to help patients ...
After seeing friends shave their heads to deal with hair loss during chemotherapy for breast cancer, Florida resident Jo Steinhart, 70, hoped that she would not have to do the same after getting ...
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 ...