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Calmer waters

For more than a decade, This is Water, by the late David Foster Wallace, has been a little book with a cult following because it reminds us to pay attention to the simple yet essential things that are all around us, all the time, but hidden in plain sight. “We have to keep reminding ourselves over and over: ‘This is water,'” he wrote.

Our long overlooked and misunderstood lymphatic system is essential for good health yet far from simple. It's part of the immune system and is made up of a network of vessels, nodes and organs that work to keep body fluid levels in balance, defend against infections and remove cellular waste. But

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