Tanika Gray Valbrun started experiencing extremely heavy periods early in her teen years. “I was that girl who always had to carry pads with her, felt like I was always on my period, had to wear two ...

Uterine fibroids, though usually non-cancerous, have a profound impact on a your body. They can cause pelvic pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, and weight gain in the abdomen. For many people, noticing ...

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Long-term heart disease risk in women diagnosed with uterine fibroids was more than 80% higher than in women without fibroids ...

Uterine fibroids may be a marker for identifying women prone to cardiovascular disease, according to a new longitudinal study.

Fibroid degeneration occurs when a uterine fibroid outgrows its limited blood supply and begins to die. Fibroids are benign uterine growths made of smooth muscle cells and fibrous tissue. Some people ...

From unbearable pain to feeling no symptoms at all, women with uterine fibroids can have vastly different experiences. While these growths affect a large percentage of women, health advocates say they ...

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This week Sen. Kamala Harris introduced legislation that puts a spotlight on a painful health problem that disproportionately affects Black women: uterine fibroids. "We don't talk nearly enough about ...

Symptomatic fibroids are treated traditionally by hysterectomy or myomectomy. However, in recent years uterine artery embolization has come to the fore as a successful alternative to surgical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Up to 68% of women, most of them younger than 50 years, may have fibroid tumors, which impact the physical, ...

As Seimone Augustus prepared for her senior year at Louisiana State University, she had her initial diagnosis of uterine fibroids. Fibroids are non-cancerous tumors that cause pain, bleeding and if ...