Uterine fibroids, which your doctor may call leiomyomas or myomas, are tumors made of muscle that can grow on your uterus. They rarely turn into cancer. And if you get them, it doesn’t mean you ...

Uterine fibroids (also called myomas or leiomyomas) are benign (noncancerous) tumors in muscle tissue that can change the shape or size of your uterus and sometimes your cervix. Fibroids occur when a ...

Fibroids, or uterine leiomyomas, affect up to 80% of women, and can cause heavy and painful periods for many of them. Although the exact cause is not known, age, obesity, genetics, and race may ...

Uterine fibroids (leiomyomata, singular leiomyoma) are the most common neoplasm in females, and may affect about 25 % of white and 50% of black women during the reproductive years. Fibroids may be ...

Uterine fibroids, also known as leiomyomas, are the most common benign (noncancerous) tumors made of smooth muscle and connective tissue that develop in the myometrium layer of the uterus. They are ...

Less-invasive treatment options for symptomatic uterine fibroids are preferable to hysterectomy given its associated morbidity. How effective is MRI-guided focused ultrasound in treating leiomyomas?

Uterine leiomyomas, or fibroids, effect approximately 10 million reproductive-age women and individuals with uteruses in the U.S. each year. It is estimated that up to 80% of these individuals ...

Not only gestational diabetes or gestational hypertension but even uterine fibroids are common during pregnancy. Know symptoms and treatment of this condition ...

I am 48 years old and have 2 children , age 21 and 18. January 2003, detected fibroid , measuring 5cm. This February 2004, experienced a bit of swelling on lower part of abdomen, and found out fibroid ...