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, ...

Uterine fibroids are very common and in most cases they can be managed without major problems They are rarely dangerous but ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports a striking statistic: up to eighty percent of women develop uterine fibroids by age fifty. However, research consistently shows Black women ...

National Provider Gives a Face to the Hidden Crisis Behind Fibroid Pain— Calling out Misinformation, Outdated Surgery and the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A common issue for women is something that is generally not discussed. Some doctors' say 50% of women will get uterine fibroids, and most don't even know they have it. But if ...

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 ...

Heart disease has long been the top killer of women in the United States, but new research suggests uterine fibroids, which many may not even be aware they have, could be putting them at a ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — July is Fibroid Awareness Month. Health experts estimate that about 70-80% of women will develop these non-cancerous uterine tumors in their lifetime. That was true for me. In July ...

If you’re young, healthy, and have no medical history, you’re unlikely to doubt pelvic pain, heavy periods, or bloating. In most cases, it might not even mean anything. But in some cases, it could ...