LE&RN recently spoke to Jim Russell, a high school teacher from New York living with primary lymphedema (LE). We asked him to tell us what it's like to live with a lymphatic disease, and why it's important to support LE&RN.
Jim was in his thirties when he started noticing swelling in his
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LE&RN recently spoke to Michelle Donnelly, a young woman in the UK living with lymphatic disease. We asked her to tell us what it's like to live with a lymphatic disease, and why it's important to support LE&RN.
After numerous tests, surgeries, and years of no answers, Michelle was finally
Long Island-born James Russell is a teacher at Clarkstown South High School in Rockland County, NY. Russell graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas College, received a Masters in Social Studies Education from NYU, and another Masters Degree in Education. Unlike many other people with
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Will Miles is a young man living with lymphatic disease. We asked him to tell us what it's like to live with primary lymphedema and to encourage you to give to our annual appeal.
My name is Will Miles and I’m a 25-year-old from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. When I was 5 years old, I
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Michael W. Masters is Founder/Portfolio Manager/Chief Investment Officer of Masters Capital Management and the primary investor and CEO of Celltaxis LLC. He graduated from the University of Tennessee, where he was an All-American swimmer. Masters feels the discipline of swimming helped him
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Dear Researchers and LE&RN Advocates,
We have news of enormous consequence to both researchers and the patient community. Thanks to lobbying efforts by LE&RN and its advocates, the Senate FY 2023 Appropriations bill includes “Lymphatic Diseases” and “Lymphedema” as diseases eligible for
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Yet to Be Charted: Lymphatic System in Health and Disease
Virtual Workshop
September 19 – 20, 2022
8:25 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET
Description
NIH is hosting a research workshop in September to help us better understand how the lymphatic system develops and functions in sickness and in
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My name is Jennifer Kanyuch and I am a Physical Therapist Assistant in Grass Valley, CA. I graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a PT Assistant degree from Central Ohio Technical College. I currently work in an outpatient PT clinic, which specializes in
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