Action Alert: Ask Your Senators to Support the Establishment of a Lymphatic Disease Education and Awareness Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Each year, Congress crafts the annual appropriations bills that include funding and recommendations for all federal programs.
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The Lymphedema Treatment Act (H.R. 1948/S. 518) was introduced into the 116th Congress by Representative Janice “Jan” Schakowsky (D-IL) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA). LE&RN supports this legislation, which would ensure Medicare coverage for compression garments for the millions of
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The Chicago Breast and Lymphedema Symposium will take place October 19-18, 2019.
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A guest blog post by Karen Ashforth, OT MS CLT-LANA.
[This is 14 minute read.]
Thank you for joining us for the third article in the “Understanding Fibrosis” series. In the previous two articles (Part 1 and Part 2), we looked at the basics of fibrosis, its link to lymphedema, and the types
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It is indeed an honour to be a part of LE&RN in the joint fight against lymphedema (LE) and lymphatic diseases (LD).
A guest blog post by Crystal Garrett (pictured above performing at Miss South Carolina talent competition); continued from Part II.
My family has been extremely supportive. While wrapping my leg one night, my father heard me cry out in frustration: “This is so stupid, my leg is stupid.”
He
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A guest blog post by Crystal Garrett (pictured above at a ribbon cutting ceremony); continued from Part I.
When I won Miss South Carolina in 2007 (crowning pictured below left), I had successfully veiled this part of my life from everyone. My next stop was Miss America. The shoes that
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A guest blog post by Crystal Garrett.
I am about to let everyone in on a secret that I have kept since I was 14.
I have lymphedema, the localized swelling of the body caused by an abnormal accumulation of lymph or in other words, body fluid. I was born with this disease and it became
From coast to coast and in between — it's LymphWalk season!The next #LymphWalk is this Sunday, June 2, at Sloan’s Lake Park in Denver, Colorado. (CO #LymphWalk organizers and CO Chapter Co-Chairs Marie Apodaca and Angela Marquez pictured above.) Bianca Curtiss-Schmidt, an |
above photo: Marie Apodaca and Angela Marquez, prepare for the 3rd annual CO #LymphWalk at Sloan's Lake Park, Denver, CO
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NEW YORK, NY – May 29, 2019 – The 2019 CO Run/Walk to Fight Lymphedema (LE) & Lymphatic Diseases (LD) takes place
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