Tamar Braxton And Cynthia Bailey Open Up About Their Battle With Uterine Fibroids

Tamar Braxton And Cynthia Bailey Open Up About Their Battle With Uterine Fibroids

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ABC's Linsey Davis Breaks Silence on Uterine Fibroid Battle, Joining Other Black Women Speaking Out

ABC News anchor Linsey Davis is speaking openly about a personal health battle that resonates with millions of women, especially Black women, across the country. The 47-year-old journalist revealed in People and in a special ABC segment that she will undergo a hysterectomy on Aug. 15 after enduring a years-long struggle with uterine fibroids, a condition that affects more than 80% of Black women by age 50. “I suffered in silence,” Davis shared,…

Cele|bitchy | ABC News’ Linsey Davis’s fibroids made her so bloated people thought she was pregnant

We’ve recently heard from Lupita Nyong’o and Venus Williams about their health battles with uterine fibroids, which affect so many women and have a much higher incidence among Black women. Venus had a myomectomy to remove fibroids about a year ago (she only revealed this recently, after kicking ass on the court again) and Lupita has launched a foundation for awareness and advocacy for fibroid sufferers. ABC News anchor Linsey Davis did a televis…