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StepUp-SpeakOut.Org BlogSpot

Hello and welcome to the StepUp-SpeakOut.Org Blog Spot.

We will be using this blog for fast updates on news and information in the field of Secondary Lymphedema as a result of Breast Cancer.

We will be posting articles and information on new research and treatments, legislative and insurance information, and other pertinent information, and invite your comments.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Weight Lifting and LE: Clearing up misconceptions

Please be sure to read clarifications related to the study by Dr Kathryn Schmitz and colleagues, Weight Lifting in Women with Breast-Cancer-Related Lymphedema, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on August 13, 2009 “Weight Lifting and Lymphedema: Clearing up misconceptions” on the National Lymphedema Network website: http://lymphnet.org/lymphedemaFAQs/weightliftingLE.htm.