Despite the availability of a less-invasive therapy called uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), many Black women with uterine fibroids are given only one path to treatment: hysterectomy.
Figure 1. (photo credit: Copyright Rob3000/DepositPhotos.com”) Uterine fibroids are the most common tumor of the female pelvis. Up to 80% of adult women of color
By John C. Lipman, M.D. What if there was a condition that affected up to 80 percent of adult African American women and made the
By age 60, 1 in 3 women have had a hysterectomy. The most common reason is uterine fibroids. African American women are three times more
