Fibroids Affect Most Women, But Black Women Face Greater Risk

Fibroids Affect Most Women, But Black Women Face Greater Risk

For a condition that will affect most women at some point in their lives, uterine fibroids remain widely misunderstood—and underfunded. Health experts say up to 70% to 80% of women will develop fibroids by age 50, yet researchers still don’t fully understand why they grow or how to prevent them. That gap in knowledge is driving new research, including efforts to recreate fibroid growth in lab settings to better understand how the tumors form and…