Tag: lymphedema treatment
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Book Review: “The Complete Lymphedema Management and Nutrition Guide” is a lymphedema user’s manual
This book is a must-read for lymphies and those who seek to better understand lymphedema and its treatment.
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Product Review: Staying elevated with the Lounge Doctor Leg Rest
I try out the Lounge Doctor Leg Rest for scientific elevation — and serious comfort.
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“Without drug trials, we can’t move forward”: One patient’s hope to participate in the ubenimex trials
Barbara desires to help fellow lymphedema patients by participating in the ULTRA study.
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A pill for lymphedema? Talking ubenimex’s potential with Dr. Quan of Eiger BioPharmaceuticals
A conversation with Dr. Joanne Quan, Chief Medical Officer at Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, about the ubenimex trial, the Stanford studies, and the important role patients play in the development of new therapies.
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Press Release: 2016 NLN International Conference Program
As lymphedema patients, it’s common for many of us to feel left behind by the medical community: we’ve waited years for proper diagnoses, we’ve been shuffled from specialist to specialist seeking answers, we’ve fought with insurance providers for coverage… It’s a constant struggle for a lot of us to get the attention and care we…
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Lymphatic Research News: First patient dosed in pharmaceutical study to treat secondary lymphedema
This summer has been a big one for lymphedema and lymphatic research news! Back in June we talked about the Stanford BioBridge study, where researchers found that surgically implanted nanofibers stimulated growth of new lymph vessels, bypassing lymph blockages and reducing swelling in affected limbs. Now there’s a new study that has the potential to be just as much…
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Rerouting the System: Study shows promise for possible new lymphedema treatment using nanofiber scaffolds
Stanford engineers and doctors worked alongside scientists from Fibralign to test a technique dubbed “BioBridge” as a way to essentially reroute the lymphatic system around the blockages that cause lymphedema.
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World Lymphedema Day Series: Treatment, Management, & Precautions
One of the first things we learn when diagnosed with lymphedema is that there’s no cure. There are, however, a number of treatment options to help manage symptoms!
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That’s a wrap!
I went into my wrapping treatment thinking my leg would magically shrink and look “normal,” but that’s not what happened — the progress, although real, was not linear.