Lymphatic Education
& Research Network

pictured above: Indocyanine green lymphography (ICG) device (Photodynamic Eye, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K, Japan). A small compact device can visualise the lymphatics with tracer injection.

A guest blog post by Dr. Hiroo Suami and Louise Koelmeyer. This is a 12-minute read.

Are you familiar

Learn more about this new treatment protocol for lymphedema management. To attend, just visit this url at the event time: https://livestream.com/lymphaticrf/smith.

Robyn “Redd” Smith, M.Ed., COTA/L, CLWT, CLT is an Occupational Therapy practitioner, a Certified Lymphedema and Wound Therapist

Join LE&RN on Tuesday, April 7, at 1pm (12 noon CST, 11am MST, 10am PST), for this free online Symposium, "Managing LE Under COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orders." Just join us at this link at the time of the event:

https://livestream.com/lymphaticrf/shillue

This presentation is part of LE&RN'S

A guest blog post by Ryan Cliche, Executive Director, American Society of Breast Surgeons Foundation.

A recent publication of the interim analysis from a multisite randomized controlled trial led by Vanderbilt University School of Nursing demonstrated results consistent with recent findings

A guest blog post by Catherine Seo, Ph.D. and Leslyn Keith, OTD, CLT-LANA. This is a 6-minute read. 

Lipedema is a little known and generally misdiagnosed fat disorder, primarily in women, resulting in localized painful fat in the lower body including thighs, hips, and in some cases the

This week, LE&RN worked with over 200 other non-profit patient advocacy community-based organizations in calling on Congress to include such organizations in any federal aid packages or supplemental appropriations measures.

LE&RN, along with other signatories, has also asked Congress to

Dear friends and advocates,
 
With the advent of COVID-19, the world finds itself in the midst of a pandemic. Those with lymphatic disease understand this dynamic all too well. You have been living in the midst of a lymphedemic that has largely been ignored. However, thanks to our community’s

From its beginnings in 2016, World Lymphedema Day, March 6, has taken on a life of its own. In honor of this community-driven event, LE&RN is offering 50% off on registrations to everyone who registers for a 2020 LE&RN Run/Walk to Fight LE & LD (LymphWalk) on World Lymphedema Day.
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Join LE&RN for our next online Symposium, "Lymphedema Prevention Program...The Future in Cancer Care," with Sabrina Korentager, MSN, RN, BS, CLT-UE, on Monday, March 9, 2020, at 1pm EST (12 noon CST, 11am MST, 10am PST). To attend, simply click on the above link at the event time.

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