January 2025 Research Roundtable: The Impact of Hormones on Lymphedema and Lipedema

What happens when two passionate researchers have a meeting of the minds in a live webinar? Riveting conversation and multiple “Aha!” moments for the clinicians and patients attending the revamped Research Roundtable this January. The one-on-one conversation between Dr. Karen Herbst and guest Dr. Sara Al-Ghabhan focused primarily on hormones and their impact on lipedema. This complex issue raised a host of questions from the live audience regarding hormone replacement therapy, GLP-1 agonist medications, pseudopregnancy, and even sleep apnea and leaky gut. The primary jumping-off point for the discussion was Drs. Herbst and Al-Ghadban’s paper, “The Expression of Adipogenic Marker Is Significantly Increased in Estrogen-Treated Lipedema Adipocytes Differentiated from Adipose Stem Cells In Vitro.” Making sense of “the storm inside of me” as one patient phrased it brought hope to the audience, as did the knowledge that these top medical minds are devoted to finding answers to reduce inflammation and pain in lipedema patients. This Roundtable was originally recorded live on January 6, 2025, and has been edited for time. The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or positions of Lympha Press. The content is for educational purposes only. Watch more Roundtables from our Lympha Press Research Roundtables playlist on YouTube.