WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT (TM): FIBROIDS New Techniques and Therapies--Including Breakthrough Alternatives to Hysterectomy

Fibroids are benign tumors in the uterus that can grow large enough to cause bleeding, pain, or infertility. They are the leading reason for over 300,000 hysterectomies performed each year. Now Scott C. Goodwin, M.D., a pioneer in fibroid embolization treatment, and Michael Broder, M.D., a renowned women's health researcher, explore all the lifestyle strategies, medical therapies, and less invasive forms of surgery that may be able to control fibroids without a hysterectomy. Book jacket.