Have you had a tonsillectomy (your tonsils taken out), appendectomy (your appendix removed) or lumpectomy (removal of a lump ...

When painful fibroids led me to a hysterectomy at age 41, I asked fellow middle-aged friends for advice. However, other than ...

The name hysterectomy is rooted in a mental health condition – “hysteria” – that was once believed to affect women. But we now know this condition doesn’t exist. Continuing to call this significant ...

Because the uterus was blamed for hysteria, the treatment was to remove it. This procedure was called a hysterectomy. Sadly, many women had their healthy uterus unnecessarily removed and most died.

The study, published Tuesday in The Lancet Oncology, focused on women under 55 with and without a uterus. CBS News medical ...

Overall, this suggests that the cumulative risk of breast cancer before age 55 for women taking estrogen/progestin is about 4 ...

Katie Knowles has had a hysterectomy, just weeks after her wedding after years of suffering with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome ...

Nick Knowles' wife Katie has opened up about her health battle after undergoing a hysterectomy just months after she tied the ...

Uterine fibroid prevalence in India, management options, and challenges highlighted during Fibroid Awareness Month in July.

About 69,000 new cases and nearly 14,000 deaths are expected this year, according to the American Cancer Society.

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that two common types of hormone therapy may alter breast ...

An operation to remove the uterus should be called a uterectomy – like the removal of the tonsils is a tonsillectomy, or an appendix removal is an appendectomy.