What condition is more prevalent than HIV, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, and ALS combined? Lymphedema. Often referred to as "swelling" or edema, lymphedema is the ...

STANFORD, Calif., June 23 (UPI) --Researchers in California may have found a solution to lymphedema, a blockage of passages in the lymph system that can lead to painful swelling of the limbs in ...

Primary lymphedema. This type is much less common, affecting only about 1 in every 100,000 people in the U.S. It’s a genetic problem that happens because your lymph nodes or vessels either aren't ...

Machine learning using real-time symptom reports can accurately detect lymphedema, a distressing side effect of breast cancer treatment that is more easily treated when identified early, finds a new ...

In a novel research study to begin this week at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, will help to determine the ...

For more than three decades, Lisa Hanson did her best to hide the unsightly fluid retention in her left leg that caused uncomfortable swelling and made her skin taut and thickened. At 17, when she was ...

A new study has found that nearly one third of older adult female survivors of colorectal, endometrial and ovarian cancer have quality of life-impacting challenges with physical activity due to ...

(PHILADELPHIA) – Breast cancer survivors who lift weights are less likely than their non-weightlifting peers to experience worsening symptoms of lymphedema, the arm- and hand-swelling condition that ...

Intensive Multimodality Treatment for Children With Newly Diagnosed CNS Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor We conducted a 5-year, population-based prospective study of 631 randomly selected Philadelphia ...

Toxicity of hypofractionated adjuvant radiation after breast-conserving surgery for DCIS. Background: Regional nodal irradiation for lymph node (LN) positive BC after lumpectomy/mastectomy can be ...