Uterine fibroid tumors can be painful and troublesome – and sometimes undiagnosed. “Up to 30% of women have them and don't know,” Samy Iskandar, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Bon Secours OB-GYN, ...

Erica Chidi, co-founder and CEO of Loom, a women's health education platform, is making her private health journey -- a six-year battle with uterine fibroids -- public, she said, in hopes of making ...

We live in a world where new health issues frequently emerge, competing for attention and one common condition often discussed today is fibroids, which affects many women. Previously, fibroids were ...

Based on Preliminary Data, Interventional Radiology's UFE Significantly Improves Women's Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Related to Fibroids—Along With Quality of Life CHICAGO, March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire ...

That ultrasound revealing fibroids might have left you wondering why you drew the short straw while your friends remain fibroid-free. These muscular growths in the uterus affect an astonishing number ...

Heavy bleeding, pelvic pain and rapid weight gain are all symptoms of uterine fibroids, a condition that can have serious implications for a woman’s fertility and overall well-being. The noncancerous ...

Roman physicians recognized as early as 200 AD that women often have benign tumors in the walls of their uterus. Today, experts estimate that by age 50, some 70 percent of white women and more than 80 ...