Radar images of Mars’s southern ice cap indicated that there could be a lake there – but a new set of simulations hints that it could be volcanic rock instead
Hair loss can have an emotional impact on all people during cancer treatments, but there's a procedure — ice caps — that helps prevent that in most patients.
definitely still have hair. yeah, i still have hair. yuccas: it looks cute. it really is one of the most distressing parts of treatment. yuccas: is it because your hair is part of your identity? yes. femininity and feeling lovely and beautiful, and it is part of your identity, and with the breast cancer treatment, like, so much of that has already been stripped from you. yuccas: thank you to alana. if you were wondering, studies show about 65% of patients who use ice caps do keep most of their hair. we learned today of the death of one of america s great writers. joan didion bridged the world of literature, hollywood, and journalism, chroniclin contemporary american society. she also wrote about the depths of her own grief following the death of her husband and daughter. her publisher says didion died at home in new york due to complications from parkinson s disease. joan didion was 87. still ahead on tonight s cbs evening news, an overnight
old, might react. her oncology, dr. philomena mcandrew, said she could possibly save some of her hair by freezing her head. we want to allow the patient to have their dignity and quality of life throughout the treatment. yuccas: patients cover their head in a tight frozen cap before, during, and for 30 minutes after chemo, freezing the scalp in an attempt to stop the chemofrom traveling to the hair follicle and potentially causing baldness. it s a bit of a shock when you first put it on. yuccas: but saving your hair takes effort. the cap must be changed every 20 minutes with a sometimes-painful brain freeze at the beginning and it s costly. $500 for the cap rental and $1,000 on top of that for having somebody to do the cap for you. yuccas: many insurance policies have begun to help pay for the ice caps. would you feel comfortable removing yeah, yeah. yuccas: well, you
The South Pole just recorded its coldest six month stretch since 1976. Arctic Sea ice volume is currently breaking 20-year records. Chunks of ice are interfering with shipping routes in the [.]