There’s no doubt that women’s healthcare has been seriously understudied and underfunded for far too long. Many of us have heard terms like uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts, but few of us — unless ...

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 ...

MARYLAND, USA — Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) joined lawmakers and advocates just outside the Capitol on Tuesday to announce new legislation that could address an issue many struggle with across the ...

In 2007, the late Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) wrote an op-ed calling for passage of her bill to increase research funding and public education for uterine fibroids. She stressed the need for ...

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 ...

Doctors in Singapore successfully removed a so-called giant uterine fibroid weighing about 61 lbs. (28 kilograms) from a 53-year-old woman's abdomen, according to a new report of the case. Medically ...

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

A reader asks about the cause of uterine fibroids and their consequences. By Jen Gunter What causes uterine fibroids, and why do they (sometimes) cause unusually heavy bleeding? — Kristin Estabrook ...