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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 ...

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 some...

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 [...]

Otherwise, you will end up with a global economy crisis. >> the consequences of global warming for africa will be catastrophic, with the u.n.'s climate agency saying by 2030, nearly 120 million people will face worsening drought, floods, and extreme heat. and africa's rapidly melting ice caps will signal the threat of irreversible change. cnn's eleni giokos has more. >> reporter: elephants roam the african plane against the backdrop of mt. kilimanjaro. breathtaking images that are disappearing before our eyes. the mountain's few glaciers are melting at a rate higher than the global average. an...

Of them have developed new methods and describing the complex systems that lie behind the phenomenon. one of the recipients urged governments to act to combat global warming. our planet is in peril in a way thatis our planet is in peril in a way that is totally unprecedented. the ice caps are melting, forest fire burning, the coral reefs are dying and the air is often thick with pollution. the scale and seriousness of this crisis reflected in it this year's winners of the nobel prize for physics. the swedish academy of sciences awarding it in a two part — firstly to show should and for the s...