From unbearable pain to feeling no symptoms at all, women with uterine fibroids can have vastly different experiences. While these growths affect a large percentage of women, health advocates say they ...

Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, a board-certified OB/GYN, explains to PEOPLE what fibroids are and how likely it is for the condition to go undetected Sheila Baylis is the former editor for PEOPLE's health ...

Doctors in Singapore successfully removed a so-called giant uterine fibroid weighing about 61 lbs. (28 kilograms) from a 53-year-old woman's abdomen, according to a new report of the case. Medically ...

The weight of the growth inside her had made her bedridden, according to a new report. A woman in Singapore had a 61 lb. tumor removed from her uterus after she finally visited the hospital because ...

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These benign tumors can affect women in their procreative prime, but they are more treatable than ever. By Hilda Hutcherson This story was originally published on June 20, 2019 in NYT Parenting. I was ...

You're bloated like never before and your period has been acting CRAZY for the past few months. Probably just PMS gone wild, right? Not so much. Those are both symptoms of uterine fibroids, which you ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — “I looked like I was six months pregnant. I was 176 lbs.,” said Bethany Strong. At 38-years-old, Strong had developed a bulge in her mid-section — something she chalked up ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Doctors in Singapore successfully removed a so-called giant uterine fibroid weighing about 61 lbs ...