Hi, I’m Emma and I’m 7.
I was born with l
ymphedema in my legs and feet. I don’t like having lymphedema, there’s really nothing good about lymphedema. I’ve been getting a lot of infections this year and they hurt and make me feel really sick. Sometimes even the doctors don’t know how to
Vascular Biology 2015 is just around the corner! The meeting will be held on beautiful Cape Cod from October 18-22.
Early bird registration ends August 15, save money and register soon!
The abstract submission deadline is August 17, so take the weekend to complete it.
Special note for
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Early into my tenure with LE&RN, a therapist told me about all the men who suffered from lymphedema. She then said, "And you'll never meet them."
She went on to mention the incidence of primary lymphedema in men where the lower extremities are |
a blog post by William Repicci, LE&RN Executive Director
The world seemed to shift on its axis this past weekend.
On Saturday, I sat at a dinner with LE&RN spokesperson Kathy Bates. In a speech so moving that it left the audience rapt, Ms. Bates told the stories that had been shared
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A two-day symposium on lymphatics, sponsored by NHLBI, NIAID, and NIDDK in collaboration with other NIH Institutes and Centers, will bring together lymphatic system researchers and organ experts to explore the function of the lymphatic system in organ physiology and pathology.
The country
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This is a guest blog written by Zachary's father, Marc Berger.
Zachary is 11 and he has lymphatic malformation.
He was diagnosed when he was 16 days old. We knew he had cysts around his jaw and neck at birth but did not know what it was.
He was born two weeks early, just shy of his
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This two-day course is designed to provide essential knowledge of outpatient therapeutic approaches in breast cancer care. A comprehensive review of current diagnostic, surgical, radiation, reconstructive and medical oncologic management for breast cancer is included. Special attention is
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This is a Livestreamed Symposium presented by Brandon Dixon, Ph.D.
Dr. J. Brandon Dixon is an Associate Professor in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and director of the Laboratory of Lymphatic Biology and Bioengineering
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Professor Etelka Földi, MD, Physician-in-Chief of the Földi Clinic,Special Clinic for Lymphology, Hinterzarten, Germany, will deliver the keynote address, "Lipedema: What We Know and What We Need to Know," at the 1st Annual Symposium on Lipedema in New York City. This presentation will be
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LE&RN Executive Director William Repicci and LE&RN Scientific and Medical Advisory Council Member Stanley Rockson, M.D. were referenced in an Asbury Park Press article this week.
“Up to 10 million Americans have lymphedema and lymphatic diseases. That is more than AIDS, Parkinson’s
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