Doctors may use intravenous (IV) or oral estrogen to manage hormones and treat atypical uterine bleeding. People may need to continue taking oral contraceptives after the initial bleeding is under ...

Roman physicians recognized as early as 200 AD that women often have benign tumors in the walls of their uterus. Today, experts estimate that by age 50, some 70 percent of white women and more than 80 ...

At least 35 million American women have been diagnosed with uterine fibroids. These non-cancerous tumors grow in the wall of the uterus, causing heavy menstrual bleeding and pelvic pain. Dr. Megan ...

Myfembree (relugolix, estradiol, and norethindrone acetate) is prescribed to treat moderate to severe pain and heavy bleeding related to uterine fibroids and endometriosis. The drug comes as a tablet ...

When Jennifer Medina of Queens learned she had uterine fibroids, benign tumors that grow in and around the walls of the uterus, her gynecologist suggested two treatments known to work — getting a ...

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 Secours OB-GYN, ...

Although up to 80 percent of women experience uterine fibroids by age 50, my journey to finding proper care felt like a traumatic solo trip with no map, no guide, and no clear destination. Painful ...

Abnormal uterine (womb) bleeding is a common problem in women. Abnormal uterine bleeding can occur as either a change in your normal menstrual period or as bleeding in between your normal menses. You ...

Uterine fibroids affect up to 80 percent of people with a uterus (and are two to three times more likely to occur in Black women)—and uterine fibroids symptoms tend to be “loud and obnoxious,” says ...

Stephanie Odili knew something was wrong when her stomach ballooned to three times its usual size. "It was like I was four months pregnant," the 23-year-old told CNN. Other WRAL Top Stories She had ...

Oriahnn (elagolix, estradiol, and norethindrone acetate) is a prescription drug that treats heavy periods from uterine fibroids. Oriahnn can cause side effects that range from mild to serious.