Fibroids in the News 
Posted by
Jade on March 15th, 2010
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 in their symptoms, and 90% reporting their improvement as either considerable or excellent.
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Posted by
admin on March 9th, 2010
“I just wanted to let you know that Dr. Oz is doing an episode on fibroids today, so be sure to record it!” I cringed at the message my oh-so-helpful mother left on my voicemail last Friday, as I was getting ready for work. She is forever giving me all kinds of advice I never [...]
Posted by
Joy on January 19th, 2010
There is a great focus piece in this mornings Wall Street Journal on uterine fibroids. It’s main focus is on Radiofrequency (RF) ablation, a minimally invasive treatment which ablates fibroids in a manner similar to Focused Ultrasound, yet the author fails in accurately depicting Focused Ultrasound (more to follow with a comment directly to the [...]
Posted by
Jade on October 13th, 2009
An article was published today in the New York Times called “Options for Dealing with Uterine Fibroids”.
“Fibroids are the most common reason women undergo hysterectomies; 300,000 are done each year just to remove them. All told, the cost of treating fibroids exceeds $21 billion a year, and that does not include the price millions of [...]
Posted by
Jade on September 29th, 2009
“The simple op that can end the monthly agony for millions of women” was featured today (29 September 2009) in a prominent newspaper in the UK, the Daily Mail. The article is a wonderful story about alternative treatments to hysterectomy for fibroids, and about one patient, Catherine, who was able to be treated with one [...]
Posted by
Jade on July 31st, 2009
On July 25th, the New York Times published an article called “Risks: Ovary Removal Linked to Incresaed Lung Cancer”.
The new study, done at the University of Montreal, indicates that there is a detrimental relationship between women having their ovaries removed as part of a hysterectomy, and lung cancer. The reasoning for this appears to be [...]
Posted by
Jade on June 19th, 2009
Thanks to everyone who came out for the first Fibroid Relief At Last event in Chicago, Illinois on June 9th, 2009.
The event was a great success, drawing in over three dozen women, along with a handful of spouses and children. Approximately two dozen of those women have looked into receiving the Focused Ultrasound treatment as [...]
Posted by
Jade on May 6th, 2009
Today Focused Ultrasound is being highlighted on the ABC Family Channel! Recently CBN interviewed Dr. Neal Kassell (Neurosurgeon at the University of Virginia and founder of the Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation), Joy Polefrone (Executive Director of Fibroid Relief), Dr. LeBlang (a physician in Boca Raton, FL who treats fibroids with focused ultrasound) and Wendy Perkins [...]
Posted by
Jade on April 30th, 2009
Both the NY Times and WebMD have articles this week about how keeping your ovaries (when having a hysterectomy) may boost your health and enable you to live longer!
The New York Times article “Women Who Keep Ovaries Live Longer” points out that a woman’s ovaries are removed, along with their uterus, in order to protect them [...]
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