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, ...
That ultrasound revealing fibroids might have left you wondering why you drew the short straw while your friends remain fibroid-free. These muscular growths in the uterus affect an astonishing number ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Women who have high levels of both testosterone and estrogen in midlife may face a greater risk of developing benign tumors on the uterus called uterine fibroids than women with low levels of the ...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Uterine fibroids could be an early warning flag for heart disease among women, a new study says. Women diagnosed with uterine fibroids have a more than 80% ...