Your favorite fitted clothes may silently be slowing your lymph flow and affecting your health in unexpected ways.

For years, scientists thought the brain lacked a lymphatic system, raising questions about how fluid, macromolecules, and immune cells escape the organ. In 2015, two studies in mice provided evidence ...

told Newsweek that the body moves about 2.5 to 3 liters of lymph fluid daily, aided by muscle movement and tissue compression. While the system functions automatically in a healthy body ...

it can hinder the lymphatic system's ability to transport lymph. As a result, the lymph fluid can accumulate and cause swelling and puffiness, says Rebecca Hammad, a certified lymphedema therapist ...

One of the functions of the lymphatic system is that it provides your body with immunity. It also collects extra fluid from the body's tissues, returns it to the bloodstream and helps remove waste ...

when transplanted into mice in place of lymph nodes that have been removed, drain fluid and connect to the animals’ original lymphatic plumbing, as reported May 30 in Stem Cell Reports. “We developed ...