I started to get a new kind of pain around my womb. I had been diagnosed with endometriosis in 2012 but these new symptoms felt like an entirely different beast all together. My mid-section felt ...

Have you ever struggled with heavy periods, constant fatigue, or unexplained abdominal discomfort? For many women, these ...

Uterine fibroids, benign tumors that develop within the muscular walls of the uterus, affect millions of women worldwide, particularly during their reproductive years. While often asymptomatic ...

Uterine fibroids affect countless women worldwide, often developing silently until they cause significant discomfort or health complications. These non-cancerous growths in the uterus can range ...

With fibroids, I had mood swings, painful cramps, brain fog, chronic anemia, nausea, embarrassing accidents, fainting spells, and just felt miserable.” In 2020, after undergoing a myomectomy ...

But the cause of these issues is often surprisingly common: fibroids. Given just how many women develop fibroids (the NHS suggests around two in three women will develop at least one fibroid at ...

The majority of women with uterine fibroids are asymptomatic, consequently get less clinical attention and fibroid tumors often remain undiagnosed. [23,24] Symptomatic women typically complain ...

Uterine fibroids are very common, impacting up to 20% of people with a uterus during childbearing years. There is a higher prevalence in Black communities than in other racial groups. Out of the ...

Chicago writer Kemi Alabi, Northwestern’s current Feminist in Residence, is bringing their passion for Black reproductive ...

Uterine fibroids are tumors made of muscle that can grow on your uterus. They rarely turn into cancer. Many women have uterine fibroids. You might not even know you have them, since they don’t ...

Uterine fibroids are benign (not cancerous) growths in the uterus. Also known as leiomyomas, fibroids affect most women at some point in their lives. They generally cause no symptoms or health ...