She says she was told "'that's just how periods can be' and 'come back when you want to get pregnant'" when she tried to get help.

Understanding which type of fibroid you have helps explain your specific symptom pattern and guides treatment decisions. Healthcare providers typically use ultrasound or MRI imaging to precisely ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — Uterine fibroids cause pain for some women. Others don’t even know they have them, but more than 70% of women will experience uterine fibroids during their lifetime.

"Did you know you have fibroids?" That was the first thing I heard when I went for my first ultrasound after finding out I was pregnant. I held my breath, waiting for the bad news to follow ...

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 ...

it appears that the majority of women develop definable fibroids by age 50! Day Baird D et al. High cumulative incidence of uterine leiomyoma in black and white women: Ultrasound evidence.

If you are a parent, then you probably first laid eyes on your child through an ultrasound procedure—the technology that uses high-frequency sound waves to view soft tissue. It is undeniably one ...