Uterine fibroid News

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The morning-after pill may help shrink painful fibroids and relieve excessive bleeding, new research indicates. Fibroids are benign tumors that form on the wall of a woman's uterus; as many as 80 percent of al...

TUESDAY, Dec. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Uterine fibroids are a significant economic drain on the U.S. health care system, costing anywhere from $5.9 billion to $34.4 billion a year, according to a new report. The costs come largely from lost work and...

FRIDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists report an advance in the genetics of uterine fibroids, the most common noncancerous tumors in women of childbearing age. Uterine fibroids, which can cause abnormal bleeding, abdominal pain and discomf...

THURSDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Preliminary research suggests that a new drug treatment shrinks uterine fibroids and helps women with the non-cancerous tumors retain their fertility. Uterine fibroids, which cause abdominal pain and heavy mens...

TUESDAY, March 16 (HealthDay News) -- Focused ultrasound is an effective way to get rid of uterine fibroids, the noncancerous but troublesome tumors that can grow inside the uterus, new research shows. Uterine fibroids are a common condition that ...

SATURDAY, Feb. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Women who have uterine fibroids are at increased risk for stillbirth, a new study finds. "Fibroids are very common. We think they occur in 5 percent to 20 percent of all women, but most women are asymptomatic a...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Green tea extract shows promise as a treatment for uterine fibroids, say U.S. researchers who add they'll soon begin human trials of the therapy. Uterine fibroids, which affect 40 percent of women of reproduc...

TUESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have found a genetic marker that may indicate if a woman has a greater chance of developing uterine fibroids, a new study says. Shorter, white women who test positive for the TC227 allele in their H...