Growths in the female reproductive system are relatively common. Most present with similar symptoms including pain and irregular periods. But while they may have similar symptoms, the different types ...

Dr. Sanchita Yadalla, a board certified OGYBN with MCH holds a model of a female uterus to demonstrate the new techniques which can be used for surgery. (B Kay Richter/Odessa American) Although they ...

vNOTES is a minimally invasive, incisionless surgery for fibroids. Patients often return home the same day with faster recovery. Dr. Farinaz Seifi of UMMC is among few Maryland surgeons certified in ...

Since high school, Shauna McDonald has had heavy, painful periods. She was diagnosed with uterine fibroids, and over the years, she’s undergone six surgeries to remove them. Between surgeries, she ...

Erica Chidi, co-founder and CEO of Loom, a women's health education platform, is making her private health journey -- a six-year battle with uterine fibroids -- public, she said, in hopes of making ...

In December of 2017, FKA Twigs underwent laparoscopic surgery to have six large fibroid tumors—which she likened to two apples, three kiwis, a few strawberries, and “a fruit bowl of pain every ...