For patients undergoing cancer treatments, certain chemotherapy drugs can cause a big change in appearance. But a therapy originally approved for breast cancer patients can now help people fighting ...

Claudette Foreman, a research coordinator at Baylor College of Medicine, demonstrates the Paxman cooling device. Some women reported chills, headaches and nausea when using the device. It's no ...

For many women, fighting breast cancer means facing a number of potential losses, from their hair to their breasts to their lives. Nangia studied the Orbis Paxman Hair Loss Prevention System, a ...

Losing one's hair because of cancer treatment is an unwelcome side effect patients fear, but now the staff at Exeter Hospital may have a solution to offer - cooling caps. "When a patient is diagnosed, ...

The FDA approved the Paxman Scalp Cooling System for patients with solid tumors who wish to prevent chemotherapy-related hair loss. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Paxman Scalp ...

“Chemotherapy works by targeting fast-growing cancer cells, but unfortunately also impacts other fast-growing cells such as the cells in hair follicles,” says Anne Peled, MD, a breast cancer surgeon ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing the nation’s second cooling cap — Paxman Scalp Cooling System — to reduce hair loss in patients with breast cancer ...

Claudette Foreman, a research coordinator at Baylor College of Medicine, demonstrates the Paxman cooling device.Courtesy of Baylor College of Medicine Scalp cooling may help breast cancer patients ...

Sixty-three percent of women who used the Paxman cooling device said they used wigs or head wraps to cover up hair loss, compared to 100 percent of women who didn't try cooling. (Courtesy of Baylor ...

It's no surprise that most women with breast cancer consider hair loss one of the most traumatic aspects of chemotherapy. That has led to a big market for cooling caps, which are purported to limit ...