Johns Hopkins Doctor Adopts New Technique to Treat Common Condition

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Dr. Kevin Kim's patients come to him looking for relief from symptoms ranging from urinating every 15 minutes to anemia to back aches.

Often their seemingly disconnected yet debilitating ailments are related to rubbery lumps of muscular and fibrous tissue in the uterus called uterine fibroids. They can be as small as a pea and as big as a grapefruit.

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Johns Hopkins Doctor Adopts New Technique to Treat Common Condition

Although they affect an estimated 25 percent of American women over the age of 35, uterine fibroids have traditionally been treated with hormonal therapy - an approach that is often ineffective and temporary - and hysterectomy, a surgery that is painful and perma...

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