Research

A New Review Maps Physical Therapy for Lipedema. But How Much Can We Trust It?
The paper is useful as a map of the literature, but its evidence ratings make several treatments look more established than they are.
 • CarinaW
When Lipedema Experts Agree More Than They Trust the Evidence
The new global lipedema consensus reports agreement and confidence in the evidence as separate numbers, while recent molecular studies show why that…
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What Can Chronic Leg Swelling Do to Tendons and Fascia? A New Study Looks at Lipedema and Lymphedema
A new ultrasound study suggests that chronic lower-limb edema may be linked to measurable changes in the Achilles tendon, plantar fascia, pain, and…
 • CarinaW
What Endometriosis Might Teach Us About Lipedema Pain
A new study explores how hormones, immune cells and the nervous system may be connected, but much of the lipedema science is still only a hypothesis.
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Salt, GAGs and the Missing Piece of Lipedema
Salt is my guilty pleasure. Here is what I learned about it and lipedema tissue.
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Can Exercise Improve Life with Lipedema? Inside Norway’s LipidEx Research Programme
A closer look at Norway’s LipidEx research programme and what it may teach us about pain, physical capacity, quality of life and the role of exercise in…
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Anti-Inflammatory Food Is Not One Recipe. Especially Not for Lipedema.
Why the lipedema nutrition conversation needs more nuance than a list of “good” and “bad” foods.
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What This New Lipedema Metabolism Study Really Shows
And why the most important part of science is learning how not to overstate it.
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Something Is Happening in Lipedema Research
New studies are pointing toward blood vessels, inflammation, nerve pain, altered fat cells, and tissue remodeling as key parts of the lipedema picture.
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Liposuction Removes the Fat. It Doesn't Remove Lipedema.
My surgery gave me back much of my life, but it also taught me why we need more honest conversations about lipedema surgery.
 • CarinaW
Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Lipedema
How insulin signaling, insulin resistance and blood sugar regulation may help us understand one important metabolic layer of lipedema.
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When Your Fat Tissue Starts Sending Inflammatory Signals
I first learned about cytokines in the lab while studying inflammatory responses. Then I started recognizing the same language in my own body.
 • CarinaW
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