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2. Uterine fibroid - Wikipedia

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   African American women are two to three times more likely to get fibroids than Caucasian women. [12] [13] [74] In African American women fibroids seem to occur at a younger age, grow more quickly, and are more likely to cause symptoms. [75] This leads to higher rates of surgery for African Americans, both myomectomy, and hysterectomy. [76]

3. There is help for women with uterine fibroids - AOL

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   Uterine fibroid tumors can be painful and troublesome – and sometimes undiagnosed. “Up to 30% of women have them and don't know,” Samy Iskandar, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Bon ...

4. Black women start to talk about uterine fibroids, a condition ...

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   Uterine fibroids are rarely discussed, despite being a common condition, particularly for Black women. Experts say that by age 50, 80 percent of Black women have them, compared to 70 percent of ...

5. Female genital disease - Wikipedia

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   Giuliani et al. found that asymptomatic uterine fibroids are present in 70% of individuals who were diagnosed with it, suggesting that it plays a role in epidemiologic studies underestimating its prevalence. [32] Uterine fibroids are treated if the person is experiencing symptoms such as anemia, infertility, and pelvic and back pain.

6. Endometriosis drug reduces bleeding in women with fibroids - AOL

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   Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous growths in the uterus that can cause problems such as pain, pressure, heavy periods and infertility in as many as half the women who have them. Elagolix is a ...

7. Uterine artery embolization - Wikipedia

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   Illustration of uterine fibroids with examples of their possible locations. Uterine artery embolization (UAE, uterine fibroid embolization, or UFE) is a procedure in which an interventional radiologist uses a catheter to deliver small particles that block the blood supply to the uterine body.