A 36-year-old woman presented with a lump in her abdomen during her first pregnancy. She told clinicians she had noticed the lump before she became pregnant. She had no pain or other symptoms. The ...

Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2008;3(4):515-521. Hart and colleagues studied a similar cohort of women undergoing IVF with intramural fibroids less than 5cm in size, (n=112) compared with control ...

Uterine fibroids are benign tumors that present in the uterus of a woman. The variance in size and shape for each woman affected by the condition can be notable. Additionally, the fibroids can form in ...

Up to 80% of women develop fibroids by the age of 50. Fibroids are non-cancerous smooth muscle tumors. They are characterized according to position and size within the uterus. They can occur in the ...

It's common for women to have uterine fibroids, which are smooth, usually benign muscle tumors of the uterus, says Dr. G. Thomas Ruiz, an obstetrician-gynecologist at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical ...

If you have a uterus, chances are you’ll find yourself discussing uterine fibroids with your doctor at some point during your life. “Uterine fibroids, also caused by leiomyomas, are benign ...

Uterine fibroids are the most common tumor of the female pelvis. Up to 80% of adult women of color have these benign, non-cancerous tumors. While there are women who have fibroids with little or no ...

Twice a month, Yahoo Health’s Hormone Whisperer Alisa Vitti, HHC, is answering the most common questions about hormones and how they relate to weight, sex, acne, bad moods, low energy, and everything ...

Perhaps you have heavy painful periods. Perhaps you don’t. Maybe your cycle is irregular. Or ticks along each month like clockwork. When it comes to fibroids, it’s estimated that just one third of ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...

Although studied extensively, the impact of fibroids on IVF outcome remains controversial. Studies appear to demonstrate that submucosal fibroids are associated with decreased implantation and ...