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 ...

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 ...

Researchers at Michigan State University have developed a shampoo-like gel that could prevent hair loss during chemotherapy ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hair length, color and style can define personal expression just as much as clothes and accessories characterize an individual’s look. For people facing breast cancer or other forms of cancer, ...

Even as insurers have rejected coverage of "cold caps" that protect women against hair loss during cancer chemotherapy, a cadre of breast cancer survivors, philanthropists and researchers have ...

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.