A 36-year-old woman presented with a lump in her abdomen during her first pregnancy. She told clinicians she had noticed the lump before she became pregnant. She had no pain or other symptoms. The ...

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 ...

Medically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MD Key Takeaways Submucosal fibroids are benign tumors that can cause heavy menstrual ...

If you have a uterus, chances are you’ll find yourself discussing uterine fibroids with your doctor at some point during your life. “Uterine fibroids, also caused by leiomyomas, are benign ...

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

If you find yourself one of the 80% of women who receive a fibroids diagnosis, don’t panic: There’s an arsenal of uterine fibroids treatment options available. Fibroids, also called leiomyomas or ...

Earlier this week, Sharon Stone revealed she recently received a misdiagnosis that turned out to be a "large fibroid tumor" causing her severe pain. Fibroids are a painful condition where noncancerous ...

As Natalie Suflita drove, she noticed her foot became numb. She had been experiencing pressure in her lower back and worried about nerve damage. After many doctors’ appointments, she learned she had a ...

Presence of uterine fibroids was associated with increased risk for atherosclerotic heart disease compared with absence of ...

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 ...