The FDA has approved expanding the use of the DigniCap Cooling System to prevent chemotherapy-associated alopecia for all patients with solid tumors. The FDA has approved expanding the use of the ...
Losing her hair was one of the side effects Donna Tookes dreaded most as she prepared to start chemotherapy almost two years ago. She had just been diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 59, and ...
MIAMI. (Ivanhoe Newswire) (KFSN) -- Breast cancer treatment can be uncomfortable, but a newly approved product may allow some patients to avoid one unpleasant side effect to chemo treatment. A new ...
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 ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Losing your hair can be one of the most devastating consequences of cancer. Cold cap therapy may help and now a newer version is being tested in New York City. Carolyn Dempsey ...
Dignicap is a device that cools the scalp during chemotherapy, which keeps the hair follicles from rapidly dividing, so cancer patients don't lose their hair."My hair thinned and it lost a little bit ...
As women, we have the luxury of making the conscious choice every day about how we want to wear our hair. Cut it short? Dye it hot pink? "Forget" to wash it for the better part of a week? We have the ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Eyewitness News is taking you inside New York-Presbyterian for a look at some extraordinary stories that we call Medical Marvels. It's WABC's Emmy-nominated digital series exclusive ...
A mechanical strap-on cap worn during chemotherapy may one day keep cancer patients from losing their hair. San Francisco breast cancer patient Heather Millar, one of the patients trying out the ...