Women around the world share the experience of urine leakage when they laugh, cough or do physical activity. This condition is known as stress urinary incontinence and is not limited to women. However, incontinence or loss of bladder controls affects …
Uterine fibroids are common, impacting anywhere between 20% to 70% of women.1 They’re almost always harmless—in other words, they rarely develop into cancer—and sometimes women don’t even realize they have them. That’s not always the case. Other women have severe …
Uterine fibroids occur in women of all ages. In fact, fibroids are the most common benign or non-cancerous gynecologic tumors in premenopausal women worldwide.1 Fibroids aren’t associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer; almost never develop into cancer; can …
A diagnosis of fibroids is worrisome for any woman. It can also raise a lot of questions: Will fibroids cause infertility? Will fibroids affect pregnancy? Can fibroids turn into cancer? What are the treatment options for fibroids? The first thing …