Y our uterus, which, on average, is about the size of an apple, is designed to expand during pregnancy to house a growing fetus. But if you're not pregnant, a swollen or enlarged uterus is typically a ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Fibroid degeneration occurs when a uterine fibroid outgrows its limited blood supply and begins to die. Fibroids are benign uterine growths made of smooth muscle ...

Uterine fibroids are tumors made of muscle that can grow on your uterus. They rarely turn into cancer. Many women have uterine fibroids. You might not even know you have them, since they don’t ...

Uterine fibroids affect countless women worldwide, often developing silently until they cause significant discomfort or health complications. These non-cancerous growths in the uterus can range ...

I have just been to see a gynaecologist for a smear test. While I was there he did a scan and said I had fibroids. He told me to go back in one year to see if there was any change.

Uterine fibroids are benign (not cancerous) growths in the uterus. Also known as leiomyomas, fibroids affect most women at some point in their lives. They generally cause no symptoms or health ...

In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the contributory role of uterine fibroids to infertility. The prevalence of these tumors increases with age, which becomes significant as ...

With fibroids, I had mood swings, painful cramps, brain fog, chronic anemia, nausea, embarrassing accidents, fainting spells, and just felt miserable.” In 2020, after undergoing a myomectomy ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports a striking statistic: up to eighty percent of women develop uterine fibroids by age fifty. However, research consistently shows Black women ...

A Medical practitioner, Dr Elizabeth Korasare, has called for investment to fund studies to explore uterine fibroids (UFs) to ...