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, ...

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 ...

Uterine fibroids are one of the most common benign tumors in women of reproductive age. They also disproportionately affect women of color. But just because they’re benign does not mean they can’t ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although up to 80 percent of women experience uterine fibroids by age 50, my journey to finding proper care felt like a traumatic solo trip with no map, no guide, and no clear destination. Painful ...

After spending more than a decade admittedly "suffering in silence," the Oscar winner opened up about her struggles with uterine fibroids, non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the uterus.

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 ...

Black women are 80% more likely than white women to develop uterine fibroids by age 50. According to a statistic from the National Institutes of Health, by the age of 50, Black women are 80% more ...