(BPT) - Women might be surprised to know that most of them will develop fibroids or polyps as a health issue sometime in their lives. In fact, studies show that 70 percent of white women and 80 ...

Growths in the female reproductive system are relatively common. Most present with similar symptoms including pain and irregular periods. But while they may have similar symptoms, the different types ...

Knowing what to expect after uterine polyp removal can help avoid anxiety relating to the procedure. Most people may go home soon after it is complete. Healthcare professionals consider the procedure ...

There’s no doubt that women’s healthcare has been seriously understudied and underfunded for far too long. Many of us have heard terms like uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts, but few of us — unless ...

You may not know you have uterine fibroids because they often cause no symptoms. If you do have fibroids that are giving you problems, it may be because of where they are, how many you have, or how ...

Roughly 20-50% of women have these growths in the uterus. Only a third are big enough for a doctor to discover them during a physical exam. Most are non-cancerous, posing no higher cancer risk. These ...

Uterine fibroids are tumors that grow in or on your uterus, or womb. Fibroids aren’t cancerous and hardly ever turn into cancer. They're made of smooth muscle cells and other tissue that grows in or ...

Unless you or someone close to you has been previously diagnosed with an endometrial polyp, you are likely to know what that is. These abnormal growths are common, with more than 200,000 cases per ...

Q. I am 70 and have a large uterine polyp. Because I had profuse bleeding during menopause and painful biopsies after abnormal Pap smears, I would like to have a hysterectomy and be done with the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 70 years old and have a very large uterine polyp. Because I had profuse bleeding during menopause and painful biopsies after abnormal Pap smears, I would like to have a ...