Lymph nodes are small glands that filter lymph, the clear fluid that circulates through the lymphatic system. During an infection, they accumulate bacteria or dead or diseased cells and may swell.

Lymph nodes are part of the body’s immune system. A swollen lymph node in the armpit may be a sign of a bacterial or viral infection, an injury, or a serious health condition, such as cancer.

The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...

Lymphatic drainage is said to help with everything from energy and immunity to cellulite and water retention. But does it ...

Amid a prairie dog die-off near Flagstaff, one person in Northern Arizona has died from the plague after being hospitalized ...

Stage 0 Cancer cells are only in the layers of the lung and it hasn't spread to any other parts of the lung or to lymph nodes.; Stage 1 The cancer is larger.It has invaded other parts of the lung ...

A person has died of the pneumonic plague at the Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, according to Northern Arizona Healthcare, the organization that runs the hospital. The patient arrived at the ...

With cancer diagnoses being retrieved from the Danish Cancer Registry and a survey about tattoo ink exposure from the 2021 ...