Today’s study was done by a group of researchers in Russia. The title of the paper is Influence of Ketogenic Diet and Nutraceutical Correction in the Complex Treatment of Lower Limbs Lipedema, and it was published in The Bulletin of Rehabilitation Medicine in October 2021. What was the aim of…
Are you interested in participating in lipedema research? I’ve had numerous communications from people who would like to help further our knowledge about lipedema, so here are some studies that you may be able to either participate in yourself, or you may know someone who would be able to. These…
Our research paper today was a collaboration between researchers in Australia and the Netherlands. It’s titled: Stages of lipoedema: Experiences of physical and mental health and health care. It was published in Quality of Life Research in August 2022. This study aims to learn about and describe the experiences of…
Today, let’s discuss a review paper entitled Current Mechanistic Understandings of Lymphedema and Lipedema: Tales of Fluid , Fat, and Fibrosis, published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences in June 2022. The main objective of this paper was to discuss, compare, and contrast the distinct clinical characteristics, symptoms, pathophysiology,…
I have an interesting research paper for you today. The article is called, Potential Effects of a Modified Mediterranean Diet on Body Composition in Lipoedema. It was performed by a group of researchers in Rome, Italy, and was published in the journal Nutrients in January 2021. This research is of…
Today’s blog focuses on a study by researchers from Vanderbilt University in Tennessee in the US. It is entitled, Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Edema in Lipedema Revealed by Noninvasive 3T MR Lymphangiography and was published in the peer-reviewed journal Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in May 2022. This is a prospective…
There’s an interesting study by researchers from Texas and Arizona in the US that I would like to discuss this week. The paper is entitled Lymphatic function and anatomy in early stages of lipedema and it was published in Obesity, the research journal for the Obesity Society, in April 2022. …
This week, we’ll be focusing on a study by a group of researchers from Australia. The title of their paper is Effects of a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet on reported pain, blood biomarkers and quality of life in patients with chronic pain: A pilot randomised clinical trial. It was published in…
Today, I’d like to tell you about a study done by a group of surgeons from a reconstructive and aesthetic surgery center in Germany. The aim of this study was to provide further insights into the characteristics of lipedema. They also wanted to provide a baseline prior to surgery in…
This week’s blog post will focus on a study by a group of researchers from Switzerland. It’s entitled, Indocyanine green lymphography as a novel tool to assess lymphatics in patients with lipedema, and was published in the peer-reviewed periodical Microvascular Research in December 2021. This study aimed to describe the…
An interesting study was performed by a group of surgeons in Italy that was published in the peer-reviewed journal World Journal of Nuclear Medicine in 2020. It’s entitled, Rest/stress intradermal lymphoscintigraphy in diagnosis of lipedema. The lead author is Dr. Tartaglione. They propose using rest/stress lymphoscintigraphy to diagnose lipedema in…
The LIPODIET Pilot Study: Impact of keto on pain & quality of life in patients with lipedema Today I’d like to tell you about a paper called Effect of a ketogenic diet on pain and quality of life in patients with lipedema: The LIPODIET pilot study. This research was performed…
I’d like to talk about a paper out of Colorado State University in the US today. It’s entitled Lipedema and the Potential Role of Estrogen in Excessive Adipose Tissue Accumulation. This paper was published in the peer-reviewed journal International Journal of Molecular Sciences in October 2021. This review summarizes research…
Today let’s talk about a paper entitled SVF-derived extracellular vesicles carry characteristic miRNAs in lipedema. It’s a study done by researchers in Austria and it was published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports in April 2020. What the study is about This study was performed in an effort to contribute…
Today, let’s talk about a paper called Key signaling networks are dysregulated in patients with the adipose tissue disorder, lipedema. It’s a study by a research group in Australia and it was published in the peer-reviewed journal International Journal of Obesity in November 2021. The authors were interested in not…
Understanding Lipedema in a Social Context June is LIPEDEMA AWARENESS MONTH. It’s a time when we join together to learn, connect, and discuss our experiences, our questions, our answers, and socialize with like-minded ladies. Since lipedema impacts our lives, especially in a social context as reviewed in this article, we…
Could there perhaps be any edema with Lipedema? Some experts question whether or not the lymphatic system is impaired in women with lipedema. Today, I will tell you about a study entitled “Uncovering Lymphatic Transport Abnormalities in Patients with Primary Lipedema” which was done by Daniel Gould and colleagues at…
For today, I would like to tell you about a research paper by a group in Belgium led by Melissa Garcia-Caballero. The paper is entitled “Role and therapeutic potential of dietary ketone bodies in lymph vessel growth”. This research was published in the July 2019 issue of the journal, Nature…