Research of 100 women suffering from uterine fibroids showed that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) improves the patient selection for who should receive non-surgical uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) ...

In a rare clinical success, surgeons at a Hyderabad hospital have removed 11 large uterine fibroids-weighing a total of 2.7 ...

Johns Hopkins researchers have, for what is believed to be the first time, used a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique called diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI), a technique that images the movement, ...

Given the morbidity associated with hysterectomy, less-invasive options for treating symptomatic uterine fibroids are appealing. In this manufacturer-sponsored, prospective, multicenter trial, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (March 15, 2010)—There's a new interventional radiology tool showing promise in the treatment of uterine fibroids: magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), a minimally ...

Sept. 30, 2002 — A new laser ablation system which is guided by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be a viable alternative for the treatment of uterine leiomyomata, according to a report in the Sept ...

For the first time since the corresponding law became effective in 2012, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has published an assessment of the potential of a new ...

Uterine fibroids are benign (not cancerous) growths in the uterus. Also known as leiomyomas, fibroids affect most women at some point in their lives. They generally cause no symptoms or health ...

In November, actress Sharon Stone, 64, announced on Instagram that she had been diagnosed with a large uterine fibroid that had to be removed. She said that she had previously been "misdiagnosed and ...

Long-term heart disease risk in women diagnosed with uterine fibroids was more than 80% higher than in women without fibroids ...

A revolutionary no-knife procedure is being used to treat fibroids – and it could save thousands of women from a hysterectomy. It uses a high-energy, focused ultrasound beam to heat and destroy the ...

MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Offers Women Another Minimally Invasive Treatment to Remove Uterine Fibroids--Avoiding Surgical Myomectomy and Hysterectomy TAMPA, Fla., March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - ...