Uterine fibroids are surprisingly common — up to 75% of us will have at least one of the benign growths by our 50th birthday. And while they’re not cancerous, fibroids can cause abdominal pain, ...

Maria Sophocles, M.D., is a gynecologist and sexual medicine specialist at Women’s Healthcare of Princeton. After graduating with an honors degree in English from Duke University, Dr. Sophocles earned ...

Clocking up 6 or more hours of sedentary leisure time every day may double a woman’s risk of uterine fibroids before she’s gone through the menopause, suggests research published in the open access ...

Women in a Chinese study who sat for more than six hours each day faced substantially higher odds of developing uterine fibroids before menopause, a new study has found. Overall, more sedentary women ...

Uterine leiomyomas, more commonly referred to as fibroids, are the most common benign pelvic tumors experienced by women. 1 An estimated 70% to 80% of women will develop fibroids during their ...

If you're experiencing postmenopausal bleeding, your mind may go to the worst possible scenario: cancer. While it's true the "c word" is one potential cause, bleeding after menopause can happen for ...

A hysterectomy is a major procedure — and sometimes even a lifesaving one — but despite the frequency in which hysterectomies are performed in the United States, many myths abound. A hysterectomy, the ...

I didn't know I had uterine fibroids until I got pregnant for the first time. My three fibroids didn't interfere with my pregnancies, but they continued to grow significantly after. I'm getting a ...