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A rare case of a 30-year-old woman diagnosed with a 16-kg giant uterine fibroid emphasizes the need for routine pelvic exams to prevent complications.

This week Sen. Kamala Harris introduced legislation that puts a spotlight on a painful health problem that disproportionately affects Black women: uterine fibroids. "We don't talk nearly enough about ...

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 percent of all women ...

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 ...

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is aiming to raise awareness of uterine fibroids and boost funding for the common chronic condition among women. The newly announced Democratic vice presidential nominee ...

Uterine fibroids are surprisingly common — up to 75% of us will have at least one of the benign growths by our 50th birthday. And while they’re not cancerous, fibroids can cause abdominal pain, ...

Fibroids are a type of noncancerous tumor that forms in the muscular wall of the uterus. In contrast, ovarian cysts are fluid-filled pouches that develop in or on the ovaries. And despite them ...

Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths that develop in or around the uterus. They can affect females of any age or ethnicity, but in the United States, they are more common among Black females than ...

Uterine fibroids are growths that form inside the wall of the uterus. They’re considered tumors, but they’re usually noncancerous. About 70 percent of white women and more than 80 percent of women “of ...