Uterine polyps and uterine fibroids can both cause excessive bleeding and crampsiStock Due to a lack of proper sex education and awareness about our reproductive organs, it can be difficult to ...

Andrea Lukes, MD, MHSc, FACOG, is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist and the founder and CEO of the Carolina Women’s Research and Wellness Center in Durham ...

A minimally invasive procedure called uterine artery embolisation is an increasingly popular treatment for fibroids, benign growths in the uterus. However, recent research suggests that this procedure ...

Kristina Omari was 42 years old when her OB-GYN, a Black woman as well, recommended she get a hysterectomy. Omari had dutifully attended her check-ups every year, but this was the first time the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Those who hope to become pregnant and deliver a healthy baby know that uterine fibroids may cause complications. Uterine fibroids are benign tumors, and their size, number and location ...

After a certain age, a lot of adults get the question: 'When are you going to have kids?' For a growing number of men and women, the answer isn't as simple as snapping your fingers. As part of ...

Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) are two of the most common gynecological conditions affecting women during their reproductive years. Both can lead to fertility challenges and long ...

Identification of fibroids on ultrasound can prematurely close evaluation, despite frequent co-existence and a ...

In a society where health care costs can be overwhelming, Khaleelah I. L. Harris and Yasmine Griffiths are taking a stand to support Black women facing the financial burdens of fibroid treatments.

July marks Fibroid Awareness Month. Fibroids likely affect you or someone you know because 80% of all women have this condition — marked by non-cancerous growths of the uterus. I am one of those women ...

Black women are more likely to get the noncancerous growths, at a younger age, and have higher rates of hysterectomy. A growing movement calls for... Kristina Omari was 42 years old when her OB-GYN, a ...