Once a medical practice, these massages are now being used to de-bloat and aid in weight loss. (Photo: ultramarinfoto via Getty Images) More than 15 years ago, Julie Brown Price was treated for breast ...

In the hours before the 2025 Met Gala, celebrity lymphatic drainage specialist Flavia Lanini was at work behind the scenes, sculpting some of Hollywood’s most photographed faces and physiques. Known ...

Laurencia Villalba is a vascular surgeon in private and public practice. Alison Tomlin and Theresa Larkin do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...

The challenge of living life with lymphedema is daunting. Once the lymphatic system has been disrupted by trauma from surgery or the removal of lymphatic nodes, the swelling from pooling lymphatic ...

The lymphatic system is a specialized transport network in the body much like the circulatory system. The lymphatic system is composed of: Lymphatic vessels are thin-walled vessels generally larger ...

Cancer that starts in the lymph nodes is lymphoma. Cancer may also spread from other areas of the body to various lymph nodes, including the neck. Swollen lymph nodes are usually due to a cause other ...

Usually, swollen chest lymph nodes are too deep in the chest for a person to feel them. Any swollen lymph nodes in the chest appear on imaging scans. Swelling can indicate an underlying condition.

Theresa Larkin, Associate professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong, Alison Tomlin, Senior lecturer, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of ...