It's common for women to have uterine fibroids, which are smooth, usually benign muscle tumors of the uterus, says Dr. G. Thomas Ruiz, an obstetrician-gynecologist at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical ...

Tanika Gray Valbrun started experiencing extremely heavy periods early in her teen years. “I was that girl who always had to carry pads with her, felt like I was always on my period, had to wear two ...

This article originally appeared on Health. Fact: Most women will get fibroids. By the age of 50, 80% of black women and 70% of white women develop these benign tumors that grow within the wall of the ...

Uterine fibroids affect up to 80 percent of people with a uterus (and are two to three times more likely to occur in Black women)—and uterine fibroids symptoms tend to be “loud and obnoxious,” says ...

Unfortunately, many Black women are more susceptible to developing uterine fibroids compared to any other ethnic group, as studies show that 70–80% of Black women will have them by their late 40s. In ...

Raise your hand if you know anything about uterine fibroids. Bueller? Bueller? While uterine fibroids aren't standard info covered in Women's Bodies 101, they should be: Up to 70% of women are likely ...

Fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during childbearing years. The exact cause of uterine fibroids is not well understood, but several factors are believed to contribute ...

To address fibroid-related heavy menstrual bleeding, the FDA just approved a new oral medication called Oriahnn. It is the FDA-approved drug for this use. Expected to be available by the end of June, ...

Venus Williams is unfortunately part of the thousands of Black women who have experienced neglect within the healthcare system. Recently, the tennis star opened up about the years of pain and grueling ...

The study, which built on previous research, found that individuals with uterine fibroids may have a higher risk of ...