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Healthbeat Report: Preventing Hair Loss
Hair loss caused by chemotherapy is an obvious sign of cancer treatment but some patients are now able to hold on to their locks.
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Cold Comfort Canada Ltd.: Scalp Cooling Lets Cancer Patients in Canada Keep Their Hair During Chemotherapy
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA-- - Winnipeg company Cold Comfort Canada Ltd. is launching world renouwn Paxman Scalp Coolers into the market in Canada. "We want patients to be able to access what other patients ...
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Protica Profect for Chemotherapy
Protica has announced that their latest protein shot, Profect®, can be beneficial to patients undergoing chemotherapy.Whitehall, PA (PRWEB) February 07, 2012 Protica has announced that their latest protein shot, Profect®, can be beneficial to patients undergoing chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is a cancer treatment that uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by ...
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Ipswich: Brave Sophie wins two-year leukaemia battle
IPSWICH: Today beaming teen Sophie Brown has something big to celebrate.
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Celebrating healing and the faith that helps them fight illnesses
When a teen-aged parishioner came to Pastor Jedidiah Scharmer of Resurrection Lutheran Church early this year requesting the chance to thank the congregation for its prayers and support as she successfully fought off cancer, Scharmer said he realized there was a shortage of opportunities on the church calendar for such occasions.
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Regina woman cheers bald Barbie campaign
Dionne Warner is 46, but she’d buy a Barbie doll in a heartbeat. The Regina woman is excited about a Facebook campaign to prompt toymaker Mattel to make a bald Barbie that would help young girls deal with hair loss due to chemotherapy or disorders such as alopecia and trichotillomania — a disorder where people have compulsive urges to pull or twist the hair until it breaks off.
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Evening Times
Magnificent seven staff at centre help ease the trauma of hair loss... A NEW service is aiming to help women facing the anguish of losing their hair due to cancer treatment.
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Veterinary Q&A: Secondhand smoke and our pets
Dr. Clare Knottenbelt is a professor at the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where her recent research involves assessing hair nicotine in dogs exposed to secondhand smoke. She answers this week's questions.
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Maryland's Cancer Care Community, Patient Advocates Urge State Legislature to Create Parity in Coverage for Preferred ...
Advocates Encourage Passage of the Kathleen A. Mathias Chemotherapy Parity Act to Provide Equality in Coverage for Orally Administered Chemotherapy Drugs ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Citing the significant quality of life benefits that oral...
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Daughter inspires mother to give to Locks of Love
The treatment for Niki (Chaffin) Morgan's recent diagnosis means eventually going bald, but that didn't sway the Kingsley woman from her plan to donate her hair to help children.
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