A rare case of a 30-year-old woman diagnosed with a 16-kg giant uterine fibroid emphasizes the need for routine pelvic exams ...

Molecular discoveries may help improve treatments for labor and pain. When labor starts, the uterus must produce steady, ...

Research to help reduce inflammation in the uterus of livestock animals could help pave the way for developing new drugs to ...

University of Iowa doctoral student Katie Colling is making progress in identifying hormones that are effective at combating ...

Fran Drescher’s road to a uterine cancer diagnosis was anything but easy. The actress, best known for her role as Fran Fine in the hit sitcom The Nanny, spoke about her ordeal at the Chasing Cancer ...

Disorganized collagen in old C-section scars causes abnormal placental attachment in uterus in future pregnancies, not ...

Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) used to be a rare pregnancy condition, but it now affects roughly 14,000 pregnancies annually ...

Fibroids and uterine cancer can both cause growths to form in the uterus. Certain symptoms can also overlap. A doctor can determine whether you have fibroids or uterine cancer. Fibroids are benign ...

Treating Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: What's Best? Menometrorrhagia-excessive and prolonged uterine bleeding at irregular or frequent intervals [1] —is most often caused by uterine fibroids, and symptom ...

A group of Black women lawmakers is leading a new effort to address the racial disparities surrounding uterine fibroids and uterine cancer. On Tuesday, Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela ...

Uterine cancer is cancer of the uterus. After diagnosis, doctors determine how far the cancer has spread and assign a stage between 1 and 4. The higher the number, the more advanced the cancer.

Uterine polyps are fleshy growths that appear on the inner lining of the uterus and extend into the cavity of the uterus. They are usually benign, but a small minority of them may be precancerous.