Uterine fibroids are a common condition that affects up to 80% of women in their lifetime. Nearly half of those women will experience symptoms that affect their quality of life and fertility, ...

Many women, at some point in their lives, will experience one or more of the symptoms related to uterine fibroids, including heavy menstrual bleeding, bloating, back pain, and pressure on their ...

Uterine fibroids are benign, common tumors and usually are harmless. But for some women, the tumors cause pain and other symptoms that can necessitate hysterectomy (surgical removal of parts of or the ...

Uterine fibroids are a common condition that affects up to 80% of women in their lifetime. Nearly half of those women will experience symptoms that affect their quality of life and fertility, ...

Uterine fibroids, also known as myomas or leiomyomas, are non-cancerous tumors of the uterus and [are] extremely common in women, especially women of the African diaspora. According to studies, 80% of ...

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 ...

There's no way to guarantee that a surgical technique used to grind up uterine growths and remove them through tiny incisions won't increase the risk of spreading cancer to other parts of a woman's ...

Fibroids are non-cancerous growths in the uterus that can cause heavy bleeding, pain, and difficulty getting pregnant. They are the most common type of tumor in women of reproductive age, affecting up ...

More than 600,000 American women this year will undergo a hysterectomy, or removal of the uterus. That rate is among the highest in the industrialized world. By age 60, one in three women in the U.S.

Dec. 28—Although they are benign, uterine fibroids can be bothersome causing abdominal pain, bleeding between periods and other discomfort. Dr. Sanchita Yadalla, an OB-GYN at Medical Center Hospital ...