For a limited time, LE&RN will provide free copies of the newly released book Let’s Talk Lymphoedema: The Essential Guide to Everything You Need to Know, by Gemma Levine and Professor Peter Mortimer, published by Elliott & Thompson, to new Supporting Members at the $18/month or $200/year

Pictured above, from left to right: Prof. Steve Jeffery, Dr. Pia Ostergaard, Prof. Peter Mortimer, Prof. Sahar Mansour, Dr. Silvia Martin Almidina, Glen Brice, Dr. Kristiana Gordon

Introduction of the Primary Lymphedema Gene Panel
Pia Ostergaard, John Short, Uruj Anjum, Kristiana Gordon,

We asked Lauren Zwikelmaier (PT, DPT, CLT), a LE&RN/Lymph Notes Lymphedema Therapist Scholarship winner, to tell us more about why she went into therapy, why she is particularly interested in lymphedema therapy, and what winning the LE&RN/Lymph Notes scholarship will mean to her and to her

On Wednesday, January 11, at 1:30pm EST (12:30pm CST, 11:30am MST, and 10:30am PST), Catherine Holley, RN, will present "Living With Lymphedema: One Nurse's Journey as Patient and Advocate" on Livestream. To attend, simply visit the previous link. If you would like to participate in the Q&A

I have been an Occupational Therapist for 20 years, a career I had chosen in order to help people return to their full functional potential. As an OT, I could work in varied settings to help clients achieve their goals.

Lymphedema management is a special field that I came across in the last

Elsa Oliva is a 2016 LE&RN/LymphNotes Therapist Scholarship Award winner. We asked Elsa to share some thoughts with us and with LE&RN Supporting Members on receiving the award and her plans for the future.

"Thank you, with all my gratitude, to LE&RN/LymphNotes for providing clinicians with

LE&RN Spokesperson Kathy Bates begins her story in the latest issue of A Wellness Update by telling readers, "I have lymphedema and I'm mad as hell."

The Academy Award-winning actress is the subject of a full-length feature article in which she talks openly about her battle with lymphedema

Rachelle Crescenzi, PhD, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science in the Department of Radiology at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, under the supervision of Dr. Manus Donahue, received an LE&RN research fellowship in March 2016. We asked

Javier Jaldin-Fincati, Ph.D., a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, under the supervision of Dr. Amira Klip, was awarded with a LE&RN/FDRS Lipedema Postdoctoral Fellowship in December 2015. We asked him to tell LE&RN supporters about his research.

What

pictured above: Zachary Berger (right) with his dad Marc Berger at the 2015 Texas Walk to Fight Lymphedema & Lymphatic Diseases in Plano, TX.

My Story, by Zachary Berger

There is no way I would be who I am today without my tongue. I guess that is the case for most people, but for me, I was