When July rolls around, I am painfully reminded that it is Fibroids Awareness Month. I am one of the 90 percent of Black women affected by fibroids by age 50. I was diagnosed with ... Read More
Fibroids
Fibroids: When Your Pudge Just Won’t Budge!
Maybe you’re thinking your metabolism is malfunctioning or maybe you’re just too old to have a six-pack. Have you ever considered that your belly is bulging from the inside out? ... Read More
Freedom From Fibroids Without A Hysterectomy
“Hysterectomy was the only option my doctor gave me.” As a physician who has spent my career treating uterine fibroids without surgery and increasing fibroid awareness across ... Read More
What Is The Link Between Uterine Fibroids & Fertility? (Video)
Dr. Linda Bradley of the Fibroid and Menstrual Disorders Center, Cleveland Clinic, sat down with us to explain the link between uterine fibroids and fertility. ... Read More
What Black Women Need To Know About Fibroids
Black women have been faced with the very real danger of being diagnosed with uterine fibroids for many years now, but experts are saying there’s little to fear now due to medical ... Read More
Uterine Fibroids, Have You Had Your Check Up?
Fibroids are benign muscular tumors that grow in the wall of the uterus. They can be as small as seeds or as big as grapefruits causing a person to look six to seven months ... Read More
Mothers, Are You Talking To Your Daughters About Fibroids?
If you are not talking about fibroids with your daughter, you could be condemning her to a lifetime of ignorance and fibroid dominance There are many articles out there about ... Read More
Fibroids & Black Women: What You Should Know Before Treatment
African-American women are disproportionately affected by uterine fibroids. We are three times more likely to have fibroids and tumors versus other races. Fibroids occur when ... Read More
New Treatment Alert: I Have Fibroids; I Have Options
BDO: What are some of the newer treatments for fibroids? Dr. Linda Bradley: The new treatment options are many fold and I would say patients really need to stay tuned. we're ... Read More
Can Uterine Fibroids Come Back Once Removed?
BDO: Can fibroids grow back after they've been removed? Dr. Linda Bradley: So, fibroid recurrence is common. Up to 25% of women have recurrent fibroids. Of course the ones we ... Read More
Am I at Risk for Fibroids?
BDO: Who is more likely to grow fibroids? Dr. Linda Bradley: The major risk factors for women having fibroids and women who are still menstruating, we call them reproductive age ... Read More
Why You Should Join a Clinical Trial
BDO: Why is it important for African Americans to participate in clinical trials? Dr. Linda Bradley: African Americans really do need to participate in clinical trials. The new ... Read More
How Can Nutrition Affect Uterine Fibroids?
BDO: How Can Nutrition Affect Uterine Fibroids? Dr. Linda Bradley: Nutrition plays a big role in health and for fibroids, in particular, if women lose weight many of their ... Read More
We Need to Know: Where Did This Fibroid Come From?
BDO: What leads to fibroid growth in the body? Dr. Linda Bradley: Fibroids will grow under the presence of estrogen and estrogen is a hormone that's made in the ... Read More