Sentences with phrase «getting lymphedema»

She just found out about this latest round, and while she's intent on beating this back, her focus is also on a very personal campaign: getting lymphedema sleeves onto the arms of cancer patients.

But while insurers stand to save plenty of money if less women got lymphedema after breast cancer, unlike when new cancer drugs hit the market, exercise offers no immediate profit prospects for pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies — and no multi-million dollar advertising campaign advising patients to query their doctors about it.

Not exact matches

(Breast cancer survivors who are interested in getting that type of care can check out the Strength After Breast Cancer Program, which provides women with education about lymphedema and a series of group classes that equip them to do these special exercises at home or in a gym.)

The project aims to translate the weightlifting findings from the medical journals into actual clinical practice, by getting doctors to «prescribe» physical therapy, and creating a process for women who are referred into the program to be evaluated and taught the proper mechanics of the lymphedema - busting exercises by trained therapists.

The work on lymphedema — so dreaded that women who took part in that trial said they were as afraid of getting it as they were of their cancer recurring — is just the start of Penn's efforts to integrate the power of exercise into cancer care.

i have lymphedema in my left foot / leg and I'm recently getting a pain in my inner hip.

I get more questions these days about lymphatic health — particularly lymphedema.