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 ...

They warn ignorance is leading to harmful suspicion, violence, and even tragic deaths, among women and girls. Uterine ...

Klapperich (left) and Joyce Y. Wong (right) are doing. Photo by Jake Belcher. Here’s a shocking fact: nearly 80 percent of ...

The prevalence of these tumors increases with age, which becomes significant as more women are delaying childbearing. Therefore, fibroids and infertility frequently occur together. Treatment ...

Women's Health. 2015;11(2):151-159. There are currently no data investigating the risk, or effect on diagnosis, of leiomyosarcoma in the other medical or hormonal treatments of fibroids such as ...

Image Credit: Shutterstock AI / Shutterstock.com Endometriosis and uterine fibroids are gynecologic conditions affecting women of reproductive age. A recent study published in The BMJ examines the ...

Researchers have established that endometriosis and uterine fibroids significantly raise long-term risks of premature ...

A Nigerian doctor raised concerns over the use of hair relaxers, claiming that they contributes to the development of ...

The Noncancerous Uterine Diseases Research Program studies healthy uterine function and uterine conditions, including uterine ...

Tina James, a 27-year-old woman, was initially overcome with fear and anxiety when she learned that she had uterine fibroids, growths that can cause a woman’s belly to swell grotesquely in ...

It is thought that around five million women in the US have uterine fibroids that cause symptoms, with two-thirds of them inadequately treated with current drugs – generally off-label oral ...