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"Why do some people who have damage to the lymphatic system get lymphedema while others are perfectly fine?" That's the question Gibson set out to answer in his latest study. Operating on the theory that something in a patient's microenvironment likely makes them more susceptible to lymphatic blockage, the team hoped to gain an understanding of what that might be with the ultimate goal being treatment and, hopefully, prevention. To find answers to his question, Gibson spent more than three years gathering a biobank of 70 patient blood samples to test and, because obesity and being overweight are known risk...

Brain Bath: A Clever Design Solution by Brian Thomas, M.S. * What makes sleep so mentally refreshing? University of Rochester neuroscientist Jeff Iliff addressed the crowd gathered at a September 2014 TEDMED event and explained his amazing new discoveries.1 The words he used perfectly match what one would expect while describing the works of an ingenious designer.2 Other organs rely on the lymphatic system to remove metabolic waste that builds up in the spaces outside cells, but no lymph vessels exist behind the skull. Since the brain uses a fourth of all the body’s energy, there must be some other...