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    Computer games may improve 'chemo brain' in cancer patients

    Doing computer puzzles may improve thinking skills in women who've undergone chemotherapy, according to a Stanford study.In the study,   breast cancer   survivors who suffered from cognitive impairments due to chemotherapy, sometimes called chemo brain, showed enhanced cognitive functions after three months of playing online games, according to the researchers. The games targeted various cognitive skills such as verbal fluency and memory.While physical   side effects of chemotherapy   such as fatigue, nausea and hair loss are well-known and common, many cancer patients also experience cognitive problems that affect their quality of life. Research shows that chemotherapy can change the brain, and damage cognitive functions.The study included 41 breast cancer patients who were randomly assigned to either a group that completed computer exercises four times a week for three months, or a control group. Exercises included mentally rotating objects, word finding, route planning and puzzle so...

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    1. Baldness Cure Rooted in Stem Cells, Study Suggests

      An inability of  stem cells  in the scalp to develop into the type of cells that make hair follicles may be an underlying cause of male-pattern baldness, according t...

    2. Study: Cure for Baldness Could Happen in 5 Years

      German scientists have successfully grown hair follicles from stem cells, and claim it could translate into a cure for baldness in the next five years, BioScholar.co...

    3. VIDEO: Meds for Baldness

      Ask Dr. Manny: Can you use a prostate drug to treat baldness ?

    4. Baldness Drug Works, but Some Have Sexual Problems

      The widely used baldness drug finasteride (Propecia) indeed boosts hair growth in men, but some may develop sexual problems, according to a new analysis.A review of ...

    5. Female Baldness : Finding Help for the Medical and Psychological Impacts

      Baldness may be rarer in women than in men, but still affects more than 30 million females in the United States.Baldness in women, as well as men, is 90 percent gene...

    6. Battling Baldness Goes High-Tech

      Skim any magazine or supermarket tabloid and there will be a myriad of 'revolutionary' treatments for hair loss.There are before and after pictures of men with thinn...

    7. Pfizer to begin selling Viagra directly to patients on its website

      Men who are bashful about needing help in the bedroom no longer have to go to the drugstore to buy that little blue pill.In a first for the drug industry, Pfizer Inc...

    8. Cure for Baldness ?

      Researchers say stem cell treatments may reverse hair loss

    9. Genetic Discovery Could Pave Way for Baldness Cure

      Men and women have been fighting baldness about as long as humans have had hair, but a new genetic discovery could finally mean a cure is within reach.Researchers ha...

    10. Will new technology fix hair loss ?

      Dr. James Harris on new ways to fight baldness

    11. Baldness , prostate drugs may have more sexual side effects than once thought

      Two drugs used for treating male baldness and enlarged prostate may have more possible sexual side effects than previously thought, the New York Daily News reported....

    12. Medical Management for Male Pattern Baldness ?

      Drs. Siegel and Samadi break down options

    1. New cancer tools allow patients to reconsider chemo

      After decades of using one-size-fits-all therapies to combat cancer, doctors are using new tools to help decide when their patients can skip chemotherapy or other ha...

    2. Baldness linked to coronary heart disease, study finds

      Going bald may be more than just a frustrating sign of aging; it may also increase a man's risk of heart disease.A new study of nearly 37,000 Japanese men found that...

    3. 5 weird signs you're vitamin-deficient

      When your body is trying to tell you something—for example, that you're skimping on critical vitamins—it may go to some strange lengths. "With today's diet of proces...

    4. Scientists identify protein responsible for male pattern baldness

      Researchers have identified the protein responsible for male pattern baldness, raising expectations that an effective treatment for the most common cause of hair los...

    5. Big drugmakers think small with nanomedicine deals

      Is nanomedicine the next big thing? A growing number of top drug companies seem to think so.The ability to encapsulate potent drugs in tiny particles measuring billi...

    6. Scientists Discover Baldness Gene

      Scientists say they've uncovered a gene that causes a rare but distressing form of childhood baldness, a finding that could help the quest to treat hair loss .Mutati...

    7. H1N1 May Cause Baldness

      Here's a reason to get your flu shot that you probably haven't considered: infection with H1N1 may trigger baldness in a small number of people.A new report from Jap...

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