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 ...

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 ...

Uterine fibroids, or myomas, are common benign (noncancerous) tumors that affect around 75 percent of women at some point during their lives. Our specialists typically treat fibroids with non-surgical ...

Up to 80% of women develop fibroids by the age of 50. Fibroids are non-cancerous smooth muscle tumors. They are characterized according to position and size within the uterus. They can occur in the ...

Uterine fibroids occur in an estimated 20 to 80 percent of women. They are most common in women from their 30s to their early 50s. Most women will have small fibroids and no symptoms. If you have ...

FAIRFAX, Va. (July 9, 2024)— Among women who have personally been diagnosed with uterine fibroids, more than half (53%) were presented with a hysterectomy, while fewer than 1 in 5 (20%) were presented ...

Uterine fibroids cause pain, bleeding, and other symptoms which can lead to decreased quality of life in patients with these benign tumors. Patients with fibroids have been shown to have an increased ...

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 ...

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