FIND OUT IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING UTERINE FIBROID EMBOLIZATION (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 HospitalRead More Read More

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 isRead More Read More

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 doctorsRead More Read More

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.Read More Read More

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 vesselsRead More Read More