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 ...

Fibroids in the uterus are far more common than many realise, yet they remain surrounded by confusion and fear. Many women mistake them for cancer or assume they always require surgery. In reality, ...

Fibroids, noncancerous growths that develop in or on the uterus, are fueled by the hormones estrogen and progesterone. These hormones play a significant role in their development, growth and ...

Their goal, according to Segars, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the Division of Women's Health Research at Johns Hopkins, was to help guide clinicians and patients in making ...

No one wants a uterine fibroids diagnosis, but that doesn’t change the fact that they’re incredibly common. Up to 80 percent of people with a uterus will deal with fibroids in their lifetime, ...

July marks Fibroid Awareness Month. Fibroids likely affect you or someone you know because 80% of all women have this condition — marked by non-cancerous growths of the uterus. I am one of those women ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...