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The Legislature and Governor approved the creation and funding of a uterine fibroid research database in 2022.

An intramural fibroid is a noncancerous tumor that grows between the muscles of the uterus. Treatment options can depend on your symptoms and the size of your fibroids. There are several types of ...

Roman physicians recognized as early as 200 AD that women often have benign tumors in the walls of their uterus. Today, experts estimate that by age 50, some 70 percent of white women and more than 80 ...

Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, a board-certified OB/GYN, explains to PEOPLE what fibroids are and how likely it is for the condition to go undetected Sheila Baylis is the former editor for PEOPLE's health ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert that a routine procedure to treat fibroids may cause the spread of cancer. Power morcellation, a procedure used to mince ...

You're bloated like never before and your period has been acting CRAZY for the past few months. Probably just PMS gone wild, right? Not so much. Those are both symptoms of uterine fibroids, which you ...

Fibroid tumors are common in women, and can be really painful if untreated Treatment options range from hormone treatments to hysterectomy Singer FKA Twigs took to Instagram Wednesday to reveal some ...

A 36-year-old woman presented with a lump in her abdomen during her first pregnancy. She told clinicians she had noticed the lump before she became pregnant. She had no pain or other symptoms. The ...

Roughly 20-50% of women have these growths in the uterus. Only a third are big enough for a doctor to discover them during a physical exam. Most are non-cancerous, posing no higher cancer risk. These ...

Severe cramps and heavy periods are often dismissed as "normal," but doctors warn they may signal uterine fibroids. An ...