Professor Christopher Aimakhu, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, says in this interview by Sade Oguntola that it is a misconception that ...

Uterine fibroids are very common, with incidence increasing with age. Partly due to the fact that more women are delaying childbearing, fibroids are being seen more frequently in infertility patients.

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Submucosal and subserosal fibroids can also grow as “pedunculated fibroids,” which are attached to the uterine wall (either inside or outside) by a stalk-like growth.

For you as a woman, the dream of holding your baby in your arms begins long before your first pregnancy test or fertility appointment. But when uterine fibroids, a condition affecting up to 70 per ...

Venus Williams and Lupita Nyong’o are shedding light on a condition that affects millions. We decode the symptoms, treatment ...

Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, who underwent surgery to remove 30 of the uterine growths known as fibroids, is launching a ...

If you find yourself one of the 80% of women who receive a fibroids diagnosis, don’t panic: There’s an arsenal of uterine fibroids treatment options available. Fibroids, also called leiomyomas ...

Uterine fibroids are growths of uterine muscle tissue, ... ‘Yellowjackets’ Star Samantha Hanratty Says Her Son Will Have Surgery at 3 Weeks For Cleft Lip: ... (called a submucosal fibroid), ...

Risk Factors for Developing or Exacerbating Fibroids. Aging, genetic predisposition, and onset of menstruation prior to 11 years of age, i.e., early menarche, are some non-modifiable risk factors.

† Sum of points reflects complexity and therapeutic options: 0–4 (group I): low complexity hysteroscopic myomectomy; 5–6 (Group II): high complexity hysteroscopic myomectomy, consider ...