What is lymphedema and why does it sometimes occur following breast cancer treatment? Lymphedema is persistent swelling of the arm and/or hand following biopsy or treatment of the axillary lymph nodes ...

(HealthDay)—Liposuction may help people with lymphedema—a painful, disfiguring swelling of the arms, hands, legs or feet. Harvard researchers used the surgical technique to remove fat from just ...

Liposuction is a novel and minimally invasive procedure for treating persistent submental lymphedema in patients with previous head and neck cancer, according to an article published in the June 2012 ...

A WOMAN has revealed that she spent years hiding her ‘tree trunk’ legs, but now, wants to educate people about her condition. Elise Sasso, who is from the US, inherited a genetic disorder called ...

The author suffered for decades before being diagnosed with lipo-lymphedema at 35. My voluptuous pear shape is common among the women in my family. Our trademark big thighs and wide hips appeared ...

Imagine spending 12 years of your life in pain, without knowing the cause. For one Salt Lake City woman, that was her life until she was diagnosed with lipedema, a chronic fat storage disease that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Wednesday is ‘World Lymphedema ...