lymphatic

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By the time cancer cells are detected circulating in the blood or lymphatic system, the disease has often already begun to spread.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Inspired by qigong, a Chinese movement practice, she has been hopping up and down every morning, which she says helps drain her lymphatic system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Its function is somewhat similar to the lymphatic system that operates throughout the body.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2025

The dance-like moves are good for coordination, balance and calorie-torching, and rebounding is said to stimulate the lymphatic system, which helps clear toxins from the body.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025

A century later, in the years after 1653, there was a bitter dispute between Thomas Bartholin and Olof Rudbeck over the discovery of the human lymphatic system.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton