The study which was based on earlier research found that women who suffered from uterine fibroids may have an increased risk ...

An internal vaginal examination may often be enough to diagnose small fibroids that are not causing problems. A blood test will show if anemia (caused by heavy bleeding) is present; hormone levels may ...

Long-term heart disease risk in women diagnosed with uterine fibroids was more than 80% higher than in women without fibroids ...

A large, 10-year study found that women with uterine fibroids, or leiomyomas, had an 81% higher long-term risk of heart ...

Women with uterine fibroids had a more than 80 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than those without the ...

It’s not yet known whether a fibroid diagnosis could enhance risk stratification or how best to prevent ASCVD in these ...

Uterine leiomyomas, more commonly referred to as fibroids, are the most common benign pelvic tumors experienced by women. 1 An estimated 70% to 80% of women will develop fibroids during their ...

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 ...

Erica Chidi, co-founder and CEO of Loom, a women's health education platform, is making her private health journey -- a six-year battle with uterine fibroids -- public, she said, in hopes of making ...

July is the time for the beach, ice cream...and fibroid awareness. Yup, it’s Uterine Fibroid Awareness Month. If you haven’t heard of uterine fibroids, which are benign tumors that grow on the walls ...

Uterine fibroids affect many women, but the condition is especially widespread among Black women. About 20 to 80 percent of women will develop uterine fibroids by age 50. But while 70 percent of white ...

As Seimone Augustus prepared for her senior year at Louisiana State University, she had her initial diagnosis of uterine fibroids. Fibroids are non-cancerous tumors that cause pain, bleeding and if ...