Entries by Amy Swensen

10 Questions You’ve Always Wanted to Ask About UFE

If you have uterine fibroids and are nervous about treatment, you’re not alone. A recent survey revealed a staggering 90.5% of women with fibroids reported fears and concerns about their condition and their treatment options.1 To put some of these worries to rest, we sat down with Dr. Richard A. Reed, interventional radiologist at Huntington Hospital

Could Choosing Your Embolic Mean Less Post-UFE Pain?

Minimally invasive uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) is a safe and effective treatment option for women with symptomatic uterine fibroids. In addition to avoiding surgery, UFE offers benefits that include low rates of serious complications, a faster recovery, an approximate 90% symptom improvement rate—and you get to keep your uterus.1 A drawback associated with UFE is

Radiologists Travel to Kenya to Provide Women with Life-Saving UFE

It’s well documented in medical literature that women of African descent develop uterine fibroids five to six years earlier and are more than 5 times as likely to have severe symptoms than Caucasian women of a similar family history.1 With the increasing number of women requiring fibroid treatment, hospitals in Kenya have welcomed international doctors

UFE and Myomectomy Work Together to Treat Rare Fibroids

Intracavitary uterine fibroids. Try saying that five times fast. Besides being difficult to pronounce, this type of fibroid that grows within the uterine cavity may also be a challenge to treat. Like other fibroids, intracavitary fibroids aren’t cancerous, but they can be the cause of horrendous symptoms like prolonged, heavy periods, anemia, and extreme fatigue.

This One Tool Could Help Predict Fibroid Growth

Wouldn’t it be great if there were a tool that could help predict how much and how fast your fibroids grow? Keep reading. A study by researchers at the VU in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, found that by measuring the vascular index of a fibroid, also known as its vascularization or the amount of blood vessels

Imaging Techniques and Fibroid Diagnosis: What You Should Know

 Accurately diagnosing uterine fibroids is the first step to receiving adequate treatment. A significant part of fibroid diagnosis is the use of imaging techniques, such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (). But how does each technique work and which is best? We spoke with Dr. Sreekumar Madassery, Assistant Professor of Vascular and Interventional

PMS-ing? It Could Sabotage Your Attempt to Quit Smoking.

This year I’ll quit smoking. How many times have you said that before? With the arrival of the New Year, many of us make resolutions to change for the better. But according to the , approximately 1 in every 10 people makes resolutions and actually feels successful in kicking bad habits to the curb—leaving the