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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Aside from skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the U.S. About 240,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year in the U.S. alone according ...

It took four years for Nikki Cox to grow her hair back to its original length after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016. During those years, Cox, a 35-year-old from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, ...

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 (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 ...

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],” ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH — As a baby, Kim Nyalka's now 7-year-old daughter would twist her fingers through her mother's hair as she fell asleep, and playing with her mother's hair is still a treasured habit. So ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — No one wants to hear the words, “You have cancer.” A diagnosis can come with fear, anger, sadness and lots of questions. If chemotherapy is prescribed, the question of hair loss is ...