Discover why some women develop fibroids while others don't, from genetics and hormones to lifestyle and environmental ...

Given the morbidity associated with hysterectomy, less-invasive options for treating symptomatic uterine fibroids are appealing ... imaging (MRI)-guided focused ultrasound for the treatment ...

The cause of fibroids is not known. Most fibroids occur in women of reproductive age. The hormones estrogen and progesterone appear to play a role in their growth. Ultrasound. To confirm diagnosis and ...

Further study is necessary to determine the safety of uterine artery embolization and magnetic resonance-focused ultrasound surgery in patients with fibroids desiring future fertility. The precise ...

Kullervo Hynynen and colleagues have refined an image-guided technique known as MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), which is presently used to thermally ablate uterine fibroids by means of ...

Focused ultrasound is a welcome advance in treating ... noninvasive treatment available for symptoms from uterine fibroid tumors. Women leave the doctor’s office the same day, and resume ...

The focussed ultrasound technique is already being used to treat conditions such as uterine fibroids in the UK, but getting the ultrasound to pass through the skull is more difficult. The ...