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What Does It Mean to Have Freedom from Fibroids?
What would it mean to you to be free from fibroids? Or, maybe you once suffered from fibroids, but now have RELIEF. Would you — or do you — travel more, spend more time with your family and friends, or … Continue reading
Jaslok Hospital Is First Site in India to Offer MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatments for Uterine Fibroids
On the eve of its 37th anniversary, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre in Mumbai announced in early July that it was launching the era of non-invasive surgery in India by opening the country’s first MR-guided focused ultrasound facility. Patients from … Continue reading
To Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
My first month at Fibroid Relief has been both exciting and humbling. Since I started, I’ve been excited to use my communications and social media skills to help women learn about all the treatment options for uterine fibroids. It also … Continue reading
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Fibroid education seminars popping up everywhere!
This week, I attended a Fibroid Education event that a local hospital hosted. I was so excited to hear about them taking an initiative in educating women about Uterine Fibroids! Dr. Anthony Spinelli and Dr. Pradeep Rajagopalan gave an excellent … Continue reading
Fibroid Relief Around the Country
Note: These events happened in 2010. The writeup is intended to give an example of our events. Fibroid Relief has had a busy few months with activities around the country. On September 30, we sponsored a Coffee & Conversation at … Continue reading
Mayo study finds women are satisfied with Focused Ultrasound treatment for Uterine Fibroids
A year after their procedures at the Mayo Clinic, 97 percent of the women who had Focused Ultrasound treatments for uterine fibroids said their symptoms had improved. Ninety percent considered their improvement either “considerable” or “excellent.” So reported Gina Hesley, … Continue reading
Fibroid Relief patient advocate appears on hit TV show, “The Doctors”
Erin S., a blogger and patient advocate for the Foundation’s Patient Support Organization, Fibroid Relief, appeared as a guest on the hit daytime TV talk show, “The Doctors.” Erin appeared on the April 9 segment about uterine fibroids. She shared her story … Continue reading
Infertility and Fibroids…Yet Another Symptom
“Human reproduction is an inefficient process. On average, only one in five meetings of sperm and egg result in a fertilized egg with pregnancy potential. So therefore normal is abnormal.” This was a quote that Dr. Howard W. Jones gave during … Continue reading
A Bloody Catastrophe!
No symptom of my fibroid has been or is more upsetting to me than the massive loss of blood I suffered as a result. In the last four years blood has caused me to change my entire lifestyle in preparation … Continue reading
New Study on the effectiveness of Focused Ultrasound in treating Uterine Fibroids
A study done at the Mayo Clinic was released today at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, FL. The study showed that out of 119 patients that were treated with Focused Ultrasound, 97% reported improvement … Continue reading
