(BlackDoctor.org) -- Uterine fibroids are the most common, non-cancerous tumors in women of childbearing age. The fibroids are made of muscle cells and other tissues that grow within and around the wall of the uterus.
There are several risk factors for uterine fibroids:
• African American woman are at three- to five-times greater risk than white women for fibroids. • Women who are overweight or obese
(BlackDoctor.org) -- High-intensity ultrasound may mean an end to hysterectomies for many women: The 3-hour treatment uses a laser to heat and destroy fibroid tissue, easing pain and heavy bleeding, studies show, and patients need only 2 days to recover. In clinical trials, over 75% of women felt better after 3 months, though a third of women required repeat treatment a year later. Scientists say it's best for women who are done having children.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- A study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting shows of 105 patients in the Atlanta metro area, only 18 percent of the women who saw a private practice gynecologist were told about uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), a minimally invasive treatment for uterine fibroids provided by interventional radiologists.
UFE is a safe, effective established treatment that has been widely available for the past decade and is covered by
How Fibroids Are Associated With The Risk Of Miscarriage
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Early results from a pioneering study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill indicate that small uterine fibroids are associated with an increased risk of miscarriage.
Fibroids, benign muscle tumors of the uterus, are estimated to affect more than one in five women of reproductive age. But little is known about the influence of these growths on pregnancy outcomes, including miscarriage, premature birth and fetal growth restriction.
Fibroids
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Uterine fibroids are benign tumors of muscle and connective tissue inside the uterus. About a quarter of women aged 25 to 50 have such fibroids, and as many as 50 percent of black women have the growths.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Uterine fibroids are the most common, non-cancerous tumors in women of childbearing age. The fibroids are made of muscle cells and other tissues that grow within and around the wall of the uterus. 
(BlackDoctor.org) -- High-intensity ultrasound may mean an end to hysterectomies for many women: The 3-hour treatment uses a laser to heat and destroy fibroid tissue, easing pain and heavy bleeding, studies show, and patients need only 2 days to recover. In clinical trials, over 75% of women felt better after 3 months, though a third of women required repeat treatment a year later. Scientists say it's best for women who are done having children.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- A study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 33rd Annual Scientific Meeting shows of 105 patients in the Atlanta metro area, only 18 percent of the women who saw a private practice gynecologist were told about uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), a minimally invasive treatment for uterine fibroids provided by interventional radiologists.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Early results from a pioneering study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill indicate that small uterine fibroids are associated with an increased risk of miscarriage. 