This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Many women experience things like bloating, pelvic pain and pressure, constipation or very heavy periods and may not know the cause.

Symptomatic fibroids are treated traditionally by hysterectomy or myomectomy. However, in recent years uterine artery embolization has come to the fore as a successful alternative to surgical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the United States, one in three women undergoes hysterectomy by age 60 years, according to the CDC. Previous ...

Mar. 24 -- TUESDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Uterine artery embolization is an effective, non-surgical therapy for fibroids, even after a woman has had other treatments such as focused ultrasound ...

Uterine fibroid embolization may be an effective, less invasive option than myomectomy in helping women with uterine fibroids get pregnant, according to findings recently published in Radiology.

Almost half of women diagnosed with uterine fibroids have never heard of uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), and less than half of those who were familiar with the ...

Uterine fibroids are benign tumors originating from uterine smooth muscles. The location can be submucosal, intramural, or subserosal. They can be solitary or multiple, associated with symptoms, or ...

CORPUS CHRISTI — About 200,000 women have their uterus removed every year due to severe symptoms and one in four women of reproductive age suffer from fibroids. Caroline — who asked us not to mention ...

Fibroids are non-cancerous, but can cause excessive pain and heaviness in the pelvis, frequent urination and heavy bleeding during periods. Many women have been told that a hysterectomy is their only ...

A minimally invasive treatment can help restore fertility in women with uterine fibroids, according to a new study. A minimally invasive treatment can help restore fertility in women with uterine ...