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 ...

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 ...

One of the most common side effects of chemotherapy is losing your hair, but an experimental treatment might change that. Cold cap therapy, which is currently in trials and not yet approved by the FDA ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) – There’s a really “cool” thing that is making a big difference for women beating breast cancer. The “Cool Cap”, as it's called, is making a big difference in chemotherapy treatment ...

Hair loss from chemotherapy can be one of the most distressing side effects of treatment. Now, two new studies show cooling the scalp could stop it.Nearly every week, Chris and Dora Lessard go through ...

Hair loss has seemed an unavoidable side effect of chemotherapy. But on Tuesday, two new studies gave hope to breast cancer patients. “How does it feel on your head? It’s cold,” CBS News asked. “Yes.

“Bald is beautiful,” said Darlene Garland as she whipped off her homemade chemotherapy cap. “I’ve lost it five times, but it comes back with curls.” On Dec. 6, Garland will celebrate 32 years in the ...

Your favorite knitting season has arrived: it's time to make chemo caps for JFK and Hunterdon medical centers. We have free patterns for knitting or crochet on our ...

Last Friday, I delivered about 30 chemo caps, all cotton and cotton blends, to the Memorial Sloan Cancer Center in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards. I had called ahead to say I'd be coming and ...

In this Wednesday, July 10, 2013, photo, Dr. Hope Rugo, right, an oncologist and breast cancer specialist, demonstrates the use of the Dignitana DigniCap system on Katherine Serrurier, a research ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Some children and hospital employees thought they were doing something to help cancer patients by collecting plastic bottle caps, but experts say it's all a hoax. Some employees ...