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 ...

Uterine fibroids, benign tumors that develop within the muscular walls of the uterus, affect millions of women worldwide, particularly during their reproductive years. While often asymptomatic, ...

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

Uterine fibroids affect up to 80 percent of women by age 50, yet their impact on fertility remains widely misunderstood. While many women with fibroids conceive without difficulty, certain types and ...

Women with uterine fibroids, compared with those without the benign gynecological tumors, have a greater risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) up to 10 years down the line, ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fibroids and endometriosis, two conditions common during women's childbearing years, may increase their odds for serious illness ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Latasha Addison had experienced extremely heavy bleeding and debilitating pain during her menstrual cycle for two decades but didn't know why it was happening. "It got to a ...

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 ...

Unfortunately, many Black women are more susceptible to developing uterine fibroids compared to any other ethnic group, as studies show that 70–80% of Black women will have them by their late 40s. In ...