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above photo: "Lymphomaniacs" team at the 2018 New York #LymphWalk.

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NEW YORK, NY – July 16, 2019 – The very first Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases was held in 2010 on Long Island. It was attended by a small but fiercely

This free Symposium will be presented on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 1 pm EDT (12 pm CDT, 11 am MDT, 10 am PDT)  by Dr. Stephen F. Sener, M.D. Dr. Sener is Professor of Surgery, Breast and Soft Tissue Surgery, University of Southern California; Associate Medical Director of Perioperative

In June, the Lymphatic Education and Research Network (LE&RN) and the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) awarded Alex Wong, M.D., the second annual LE&RN/ASRM Combined Pilot Grant for the project titled “Animal Model for Secondary Head and Neck Lymphedema.”

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Wenjing Xu, Ph.D., currently a postdoc at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, under the supervision of Kathleen Caron, Ph.D., received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2018 Lymphatic Forum in Austin. She also won the Poster Award. We asked Wenjing to share her thoughts on

Beth Boyd, RN, is Chair of the American Society of Breast Surgeons Foundation. She is shown below with LE&RN Honorary Board Member Steve Guttenberg after receiving the LE&RN Impact Award for her efforts to educate surgeons about the realities of lymphedema after surgery and the need for early

Dr. Hasina Outtz Reed, currently a postdoc at The University of Pennsylvania, under the supervision of Dr. Mark Kahn, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the Lymphatic Forum in Austin, TX. We asked Dr. Outtz Reed to share her thoughts on that experience with us and to tell us a bit

Riaj Mahamud, currently completing a Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma HSC, under the supervision of Dr. Sathish Srinivasan, received a Travel Award from LE&RN to attend the 2019 Lymphatic Forum in Austin, Texas. Mr. Mahamud contributed this blog post for LE&RN about his experience at the

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.

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