Uterine fibroids, though usually non-cancerous, have a profound impact on a your body. They can cause pelvic pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, and weight gain in the abdomen. For many people, noticing ...

Let’s be honest: Periods, in general, aren’t exactly comfortable. If you’re one of the 10 million Americans who deal with heavy bleeding during your period, then you have all the more reason to ...

Abnormal uterine (womb) bleeding is a common problem in women. Abnormal uterine bleeding can occur as either a change in your normal menstrual period or as bleeding in between your normal menses. You ...

Uterine fibroids are muscular tumors that can cause bleeding between menstrual periods. Endometrial hyperplasia causes the endometrium to thicken and is linked to hormone imbalance. Polycystic ovary ...

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 ...

Fibroids, noncancerous growths in the uterus, affect a significant portion of the female population. Statistics suggest that by age 50, up to 70% of women will have fibroids, though many won’t ...

Historically treated as simply “bad periods,” uterine fibroids impact 80 percent of Black women, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), but what happens after treatment of fibroids is ...

Fibroids have plagued our community for far too long. According to a recent study, 40% to 80% of women are most likely to develop fibroids by the time they reach 50 years old, with Black women three ...

Their goal, according to Segars, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the Division of Women's Health Research at Johns Hopkins, was to help guide clinicians and patients in making ...

Dr. Seibel describes uterine fibroids as a swirl of smooth muscle that are located within the muscle fiber of the uterus. “In other words, the uterus is a muscle, and if you think of it analogously, ...