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Lipedema Diagnosis & Ultrasound

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Today I’d like to focus on research performed by a group of physicians in São Paulo, Brazil, including Drs. Amato, Saucedo, Santos, and Benitti. Their paper is titled “Ultrasound criteria for lipedema diagnosis” and it was published in the medical journal Phlebology in the April 2021 issue.  This study aimed…

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New Way of Screening for Lipedema

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Today, I’d like to tell you about a study conducted by a group of physicians in São Paulo, Brazil that looked at developing a new way of screening for lipedema. Their article, “Development of a Questionnaire and Screening Model for Lipedema”, was published in the Journal Vascular Brasileiro in December…

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Lipedema Diagnosis and Treatment Updates

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For today, I would like to tell you about an article written by Professor Wollina at the Academic Teaching Hospital Dresden in Germany. It was published in Dermatologic Therapy in 2019. The review article is titled “Lipedema—An update.” In this article, Prof. Wollina discusses some recent advances in lipedema diagnosis…

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Lipedema as a Lymphatic Disorder

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Dr Stanley Rockson’s Research Shows Platelet Factor 4 (PF4) is a Biomarker for Lymphatic-promoted Disorders Today, let’s talk about a research paper entitled “Platelet factor 4 is a biomarker for lymphatic-promoted disorders” and how much it has helped further knowledge on the diagnosis of lipedema. This was published in JCI…

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