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 ...

Lupita Nyong’o is getting candid about her health. After spending more than a decade admittedly "suffering in silence," the Oscar winner opened up about her struggles with uterine fibroids, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Gynaecologist and Obstetrician Specialist Dr. Promise Sefogah has highlighted key risk factors associated with fibroids in 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lupita Nyong’o is using her voice for something far bigger than the big screen—and she’s talking about something that matters to us all. The Chanel ambassador is taking on fibroids. Lupita Nyong’o ...

WASHINGTON ‒ For more than a decade, actress Lupita Nyong'o has stayed quiet. The "Black Panther" star has long suffered from ‒ and declined to speak publicly about ‒ a medical condition called ...

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 ...