From unbearable pain to feeling no symptoms at all, women with uterine fibroids can have vastly different experiences. While these growths affect a large percentage of women, health advocates say they ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Providing provocative views on racism, pop culture, and mental health. Although uterine fibroids are not an uncommon topic, the ...

A Louisiana state representative has spearheaded the creation of a new commission aimed at addressing health gaps for women living with uterine fibroids, endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome.

Learn about the impact of fibroids and endometriosis on Black women at the CIAA Health and Mental Wellness Summit. Advocates discuss the need for better healthcare.

Painful experience has taught Erika Moore that benign doesn’t always mean harmless. Moore, a biomedical engineer at the University of Maryland in College Park, lives with noncancerous tumors in the ...

Black women are more likely to develop fibroids, and at an earlier age, compared to their counterparts. “I never knew what was truly wrong with me until I was in my 30s,” shared one 35-year-old ...

July is fibroid awareness month, a time dedicated to shedding light on the condition that affects millions of women. Today, actress Lupita Nyong’o opened up about her experience with uterine fibroids ...

Actress Lupita Nyong’o is one of the latest celebrities to help spread awareness about fibroids, especially among Black women. The Black Panther star took to her Instagram to share her fibroids story ...

If you find yourself one of the 80% of women who receive a fibroids diagnosis, don’t panic: There’s an arsenal of uterine fibroids treatment options available. Fibroids, also called leiomyomas or ...

Despite how debilitating fibroid symptoms can be, Nyong’o says that, for years, she believed what she was experiencing was ...

“We must reject the normalization of female pain," said the Oscar winner, who underwent surgery to remove 30 growths Jeff Spicer/Getty Lupita Nyong’o revealed that she underwent surgery to remove 30 ...

Lupita Nyong'o attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman ...