See a doctor if you have painful, swollen lymph nodes or if they persist for weeks or worsen. You can treat swollen lymph nodes based on their underlying cause, such as antibiotics for bacterial ...

Understanding this often-overlooked symptom could help millions of allergy sufferers recognize when their body is sending important signals about their immune response. When most people think of ...

Dear Dr. Douma: A few weeks ago, both my kids and I caught colds and got lumps forming in our necks. These were painful, but otherwise didn't seem to cause any problems. Now the lumps have gone away ...

Scientists have found that preserving lymph nodes during cancer surgery could dramatically improve how patients respond to ...

Your immune system is a network of cells, tissues, and organs that fight off infection. Your immune system can be affected by ...

By traveling through the lymphatic system, lung cancer cells are carried to lymph nodes that act as filters for body wastes, ...

A research group led by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) has uncovered new details ...

Cancer that starts in the lymph nodes is lymphoma. Cancer may also spread from other areas of the body to various lymph nodes, including the neck. Swollen lymph nodes are usually due to a cause other ...