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 ...

A misdiagnosis of fibroid tumors led to the discovery of appendix cancer that spread to the ovary and uterus, requiring ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In December of 2017, FKA Twigs underwent laparoscopic surgery to have six large fibroid tumors—which she likened to two apples, three kiwis, a few strawberries, and “a fruit bowl of pain every ...

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

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 ...