More than 26 million U.S. women have the typically benign tumors, which can often cause debilitating symptoms and other ...

Women diagnosed with these common growths had a more than 80 percent higher risk of later developing heart disease than their ...

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

Women diagnosed with uterine fibroids have a more than 80% higher risk of developing heart disease, researchers reported in a ...

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

Up to 80% of women develop fibroids by the age of 50. Fibroids are non-cancerous smooth muscle tumors. They are characterized according to position and size within the uterus. They can occur in the ...

Uterine fibroids may be a marker for identifying women prone to cardiovascular disease, according to a new longitudinal study.

Uterine fibroid tumors can be painful and troublesome – and sometimes undiagnosed. “Up to 30% of women have them and don't know,” Samy Iskandar, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Bon Secours OB-GYN, ...

These trends point to a need to develop recommendations for screening of uterine cancer, and even developing screening tests, along with coming up with better prevention strategies, said Jason Wright, ...

Uterine fibroids, though usually non-cancerous, have a profound impact on a your body. They can cause pelvic pain, heavy menstrual bleeding, and weight gain in the abdomen. For many people, noticing ...

Sarah Lundry of Kansas had a tumor in her uterus that led to a partial hysterectomy and chemotherapy Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since ...

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