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Black Women & Fibroids the Silent Epidemic that’s Screaming in our Community

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Fibroids are more common in African-American women than in women of other racial groups. One study showed that fibroids are three times more common in African-American women than in Caucasian women. Additionally, fibroids tend to be larger and occur at an earlier age in African-Americans.  The Philadelphia Black Women’s Health Project Instances of fibroids are of epidemic proportions among ...

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