‘Groundbreaking’: NHS advised to offer women tablet for fibroids
by Andrew Gregory Health editor from Science | The Guardian on (#5Z6KM)
Nice recommends alternative to injections or surgery for treating non-cancerous growths in womb
Thousands of women in England and Wales with fibroids are to be offered a new tablet to ease their symptoms as an alternative to injections or surgery.
Fibroids are non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the womb. About one in three women develop them at some point in their life. They most often occur in those aged between 30 and 50.
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