Lymphedema is commonly caused by cancer treatments due to damage of the lymph system from the tumor itself, radiation treatment or the surgical removal of lymph nodes. About the Dayspring® System The ...

A bill introduced in 2014 to help patients with lymphedema is still on the floor awaiting approval. The Lymphedema Treatment Act is a federal bill currently under review. Introduced in 2014 by four ...

Stacy Skinner is a lifelong educator, world traveler and, as of 2019, a breast cancer survivor. Stacy’s lifesaving treatment included breast conservation surgery, the removal of two sentinel lymph ...

When Latonya Draughn first entered Vidant Edgecombe Hospital Outpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Services for treatment, she was driven by a family member because she was unable to drive and her ...

SAN ANTONIO – The Lymphedema Treatment Act that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2024, will cover what health insurance doesn’t, such as compression supplies to reduce the condition’s painful swelling. “It ...

If having cancer wasn’t bad enough, those undergoing treatment to beat the dreaded disease often face an aftershock of debilitating life-long swelling that can be painful and impede activities of ...

While there is no prevention for lymphedema, there are ways to detect the condition early on, leading to better outcomes and quality of life. Lymphedema — which is caused by a disruption in the ...

Since Susan Ruffini’s breast cancer surgery in 2006, the Riverhead woman has been hospitalized 11 times for bacterial infections stemming from lymphedema, a chronic, sometimes painful swelling that is ...

When Nora Ambros had her first mastectomy, her doctors removed so many lymph nodes as a precaution that her left arm became ...

Lymphedema is a chronic swelling or edema in a limb caused by a build-up of lymph fluid. This happens when the lymphatic system is damaged in some way. One common cause of damage is surgery, ...

PITTSFIELD — Kelly Koperek spent more than a decade struggling with the pain that radiated through her left leg and left foot. She thought it was due to an old injury, something you deal with as you ...

NEWS. ASHLEY: THANK YOU. IN TODAY’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, LYMPHEDEMA. IT IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AFTER TREATMENT OR BREAST CANCER. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST HEIDI ARANDA WALSH SAYS ...