Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “These fibroids can grow to 25 pounds in size and make the uterus as big as if the woman were 20 weeks pregnant or even more,” he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s no doubt that women’s healthcare has been seriously understudied and underfunded for far too long. Many of us have heard ...

During an episode of theGrio’s series, “Unheard,” Dr. Thomasena Ellison, associate director of gynecology at Maimonides Medical Center in New York addressed misconceptions about uterine fibroids.

PUTS YOU AT RISK FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS? WELL, FIRST, LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT FIBROIDS ARE. THEY’RE AN ESTROGEN DEPENDENT TUMOR. AND THEY’RE NON-CANCEROUS, BUT CAN CAUSE SEVERE PAIN. DR. LATASHA MURPHY OF ...

Although up to 80 percent of women experience uterine fibroids by age 50, my journey to finding proper care felt like a traumatic solo trip with no map, no guide, and no clear destination. Painful ...