Wondering how to safely do lymphatic drainage massage at home and whether it actually works? Here are the benefits, risks and techniques, according to a licensed specialist.

Lymph nodes are clustered throughout the body and function as filters, removing foreign particles from fluids that run through the vessels of the lymphatic system. Within lymph nodes are white ...

It transfers fluids throughout the body through a system of lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, and two collecting ducts [1]. The ...

The lymphatic system features lymph vessels, similar to blood vessels ... If a person has swollen lymph nodes, red streaks extending from an injury, or other signs of infection, a doctor may ...

Researchers have developed lab-generated lymph node–like organoids that, when transplanted into mice in place of lymph nodes that have been removed, drain fluid and connect to the animals’ original ...

Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.

Lymphatic system is composed of treelike lymphatic vessel networks, lymph nodes and associated migratory immune cells. The hierarchical structure of the lymphatic system and the dynamic interactions ...

In a study published today (July 24) in Nature, researchers show that there is a hot spot of meningeal lymphatic vessels at the base of the rodent skull that is specialized to drain CSF and allow ...