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Fibroids Affect 40% of Woman Over 35

Friday, July 17th, 2009

ABC Newschannel 8 reported recently on the success of uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), also known as uterine artery embolization (UAE).


Fibroid Embolization in Missouri

Monday, July 13th, 2009

The Suburban Journals in St. Louis Missouri reported on fibroid embolization as an important alternative to hysterectomy.


Fibroid Education for Women

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

A small womens group in Pennsylvania is making fibroid education and other health issues faced by women a priority.


The Commonality of Fibroids in Women

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Detroit Examiner author Sherry Dansby talked about the commonality of Fibroids in women


New Procedure Provides Alternative to Hysterectomy for Uterine Fibroids

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Symptomatic uterine fibroids are often cured by a hysterectomy, the removal of a woman’s uterus and the fibroids growing within it. While this may be a treatment option for post menopausal women, there are many women who want effective treatment without loosing their ability to bear children. Uterine Artery Embolization is a procedure that can do just that.


UFE: New Application for an Old Technique

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Now, an old technique is providing women who suffer from uterine fibroids a nonsurgical treatment alternative. Physicians have used embolization for more than two decades to treat pelvic bleeding and trauma, and now they are using the procedure to shrink uterine fibroids too.


Pregnancy After Uterine Artery Embolization

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

A recent study published in the Journal of Roentgenology reported on pregnancies and their outcome after uterine artery embolization for symptomatic uterine fibroids.

From 2001 to 2004, 102 patients (mean age, 35.7 years; range, 20–48 years) with symptomatic uterine fibroids underwent uterine artery embolization.


What Are The Causes and Symptoms Of Uterine Fibroids?

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Most women have no symptoms. That is why most patients with fibroids do not know they have them. When symptoms do develop, they may include:

Anemia (as a result of heavy periods)
Discomfort in the lower abdomen (especially if fibroids are large)
Heavy painful periods


Fibroids Do Not Always Require Uterus Removal

Monday, June 1st, 2009

UFE or uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a non-surgical treatment alternative to hysterectomy that takes less than one hour to complete. First performed in 1994, more than 50,000 women worldwide have been treated with the procedure.


Uterine Artery Embolization – 21st Century Medicine for Fibroids Tumors

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Fibroid tumors of the uterus are the most common benign growths in humans. Depending on their location they can cause heavy menstrual bleeding of pelvic pain. Forty per cent of women over the age of 40 suffer from fibroids. They are the reason for almost 300,000 hysterectomies, and 250,000 myomectomies [...]


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