If you or someone you know has experienced uterine fibroids, you are not alone. Uterine fibroids occur in about half of American women and are one of the leading causes of hysterectomies, or removal of the uterus.

For some reason, uterine fibroids are even more common in African-American women. A recently study by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine reported that they have “substantially more” fibroids than their Caucasian peers, and are more than twice as common in African-Americans as any other race.… Read More...