Doctors call the lymph nodes in the back area of the skull “occipital lymph nodes.” Swelling of these lymph nodes may occur for various reasons, such as infection and skin conditions, including ...

Health experts encourage patients to consider scheduling routine imaging for 4 to 6 weeks after receiving their second dose Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at ...

The 17-year-old was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin lymphoma earlier this year “It was just a little lump ... It was very hard because it was like everything changed literally overnight," Mikaila told ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you’ve recently received a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, you may notice swollen lymph nodes, but that is actually a good sign, according to medical experts. “People who have ...

For patients diagnosed with breast cancer, determining whether cancer cells have spread to the axillary lymph nodes of the armpit is important for guiding treatment decisions. It has been debated ...

People should not delay getting a mammogram because of a recent Covid-19 vaccination, a new study says. It’s common for mammograms to pick up swollen lymph nodes, also known as lymphadenopathy, after ...

Researchers at Tohoku University have discovered a new approach for treating lymph node metastasis. Anticancer drugs are administered directly into the LNs under ultrasound guidance (Lymphatic Drug ...

"It got progressively bigger and then I had trouble breathing when I would lay down," says Makaila Chenier of finding a lump in her neck in January Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the ...