SHREVEPORT, La. - It's the most common tumor that plague women, they’re called uterine fibroids. They’re typically benign or non-cancerous, but in some rare cases they can become cancerous. Many women ...

However, because she was living in the U.S. and had no health insurance, she had not opted for surgical treatment at that time. She told clinicians that at around that point in time, she developed ...

Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, a board-certified OB/GYN, explains to PEOPLE what fibroids are and how likely it is for the condition to go undetected Sheila Baylis is the former editor for PEOPLE's health ...

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, ...

When seeking care for fibroids, if you feel your concerns aren't being heard self-advocacy is necessary to receive the treatment you deserv. When Tanika Gray Valbrun began seeking care for uterine ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Sanchita Yadalla, a board certified OGYBN with MCH holds a model of a female uterus to demonstrate the new techniques which can be used for surgery. (B Kay Richter/Odessa American) Although they ...

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 ...

Black women are more likely than white women to have uterine fibroids, and the debilitating symptoms often leave them feeling fearful, depressed, helpless and alone. By Patrice Peck When she was a ...

Uterine fibroids (also called myomas or leiomyomas) are benign (noncancerous) tumors in muscle tissue that can change the shape or size of your uterus and sometimes your cervix. Fibroids occur when a ...

Earlier this week, Sharon Stone revealed she recently received a misdiagnosis that turned out to be a "large fibroid tumor" causing her severe pain. Fibroids are a painful condition where noncancerous ...