If you are among the millions of women who suffer from Uterine Fibroids then you may want to look into this new minimally invasive treatment under investigation. This will be relevant to most women  here but particularly to folks living in the USA because the trial is taking place in the USA. But first the basics :

In case you are wondering what fibroids are, here is some info.
-Uterine Fibroids are a common muscle cell tumor that grows in the wall of the uterus. It often causes increased bleeding and pain with menstrual periods.
– Millions of women suffer from Uterine fibroids, also simply known as fibroids or myomas, leiomyomas.
– The cause of uterine fibroid tumors is unknown.
– 80% women develop these tumors during their lifetime. 70% of Caucasian women and over 80% of African- American women develop uterine fibroids by the age of 50.

– 25%-30% of women have symptomatic fibroids. They may experience heavy menstrual periods, menstrual pain, abdominal enlargement, pain with sexual intercourse, increased frequency of urination and simply, a feeling of fullness.

One of the treatments of fibroids is to remove the uterus (a procedure called Hysterectomy). So if you have fibroids and are wondering if there are alternatives to getting them removed without a Hysterectomy, then you may want to learn more about a new treatment that is being investigated that destroys the fibroid tissue using high energy radio waves delivered through a tiny laparascopic device.  Click here "http://trialx.com/curetalk/2010/02/do-you-have-fibroids-a-new-minimally-invasive-treatment-could-be-for-you/" for more information about the treatment. A clinical trial of this treatment is underway in 7 cities (Phoenix, San Ramon, Los Angeles, Chesterfield, Detroit, Reno and New York. To see if you can participate, click here

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