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 ...

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Uterine fibroids could be an early warning flag for heart disease among women, a new study says. Women diagnosed with uterine fibroids have a more than 80% ...

Actress Lupita Nyong’o is one of the latest celebrities to help spread awareness about fibroids, especially among Black women. The Black Panther star took to her Instagram to share her fibroids story ...

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 ...

Heart disease has long been the top killer of women in the United States, but new research suggests uterine fibroids, which many may not even be aware they have, could be putting them at a ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A common issue for women is something that is generally not discussed. Some doctors' say 50% of women will get uterine fibroids, and most don't even know they have it. But if ...

In a new study, women with uterine fibroids had an 81 percent higher risk of developing long-term heart disease. The risk was substantially stronger in women younger than 40. Experts say more research ...

Fibroids have plagued our community for far too long. According to a recent study, 40% to 80% of women are most likely to develop fibroids by the time they reach 50 years old, with Black women three ...

July is fibroid awareness month, a time dedicated to shedding light on the condition that affects millions of women. Today, actress Lupita Nyong’o opened up about her experience with uterine fibroids ...