(BlackDoctor.org) -- For black women, uterine fibroids pose a particular menace. They occur more often than in their white counterparts, develop sooner and grow larger. Estimates show that fibroids will bring on numerous complications in half of all black women by age 50, compared to 30% of white women. They are rare in women under the age of 20, most common in women in their 30s and 40s, and tend to shrink after the menopause when estrogen levels drop.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Fibromyalgia is a fairly common condition characterized by long-term, body-wide pain and tender points in joints, muscles, tendons and other soft tissues. Fibromyalgia has also been linked to fatigue, morning stiffness, sleep problems, headaches, numbness in hands and feet, depression and anxiety.
Many people know what fibromyalgia is, but its causes have yet to be identified and confirmed in definite terms. But recent research has generally found that fibromyalgia is most
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Uterine fibroids are the most common, non-cancerous tumors in women of childbearing age. The fibroids are made of muscle cells and other tissues that grow within and around the wall of the uterus.
There are several risk factors for uterine fibroids:
• African American woman are at three- to five-times greater risk than white women for fibroids. • Women who are overweight or obese
(BlackDoctor.org) -- High-intensity ultrasound may mean an end to hysterectomies for many women: The 3-hour treatment uses a laser to heat and destroy fibroid tissue, easing pain and heavy bleeding, studies show, and patients need only 2 days to recover. In clinical trials, over 75% of women felt better after 3 months, though a third of women required repeat treatment a year later. Scientists say it's best for women who are done having children.
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Uterine fibroids are benign tumors of muscle and connective tissue inside the uterus. About a quarter of women aged 25 to 50 have such fibroids, and as many as 50 percent of black women have the growths.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- For black women, uterine fibroids pose a particular menace. They occur more often than in their white counterparts, develop sooner and grow larger. Estimates show that fibroids will bring on numerous complications in half of all black women by age 50, compared to 30% of white women. They are rare in women under the age of 20, most common in women in their 30s and 40s, and tend to shrink after the menopause when estrogen levels drop.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Fibromyalgia is a fairly common condition characterized by long-term, body-wide pain and tender points in joints, muscles, tendons and other soft tissues. Fibromyalgia has also been linked to fatigue, morning stiffness, sleep problems, headaches, numbness in hands and feet, depression and anxiety.
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Uterine fibroids are the most common, non-cancerous tumors in women of childbearing age. The fibroids are made of muscle cells and other tissues that grow within and around the wall of the uterus. 
(BlackDoctor.org) -- High-intensity ultrasound may mean an end to hysterectomies for many women: The 3-hour treatment uses a laser to heat and destroy fibroid tissue, easing pain and heavy bleeding, studies show, and patients need only 2 days to recover. In clinical trials, over 75% of women felt better after 3 months, though a third of women required repeat treatment a year later. Scientists say it's best for women who are done having children.