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Background Uterine fibroids (UFs, also known as leiomyoma) affect 70% of reproductive-age women. Imposing a major burden on health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) of premenopausal women, UF is a public health concern. There are no effective medicinal treatment options currently available for women with symptomatic UF. Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of green tea extract (epigallocatechin gallate [EGCG]) on UF burden and quality of life in women with symptomatic UF, in a double-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial. Results Of the final 39 women recruited for the study, 33 were compliant and completed all five visits of the study. In the...

Nov. 19, 2004 - Secretary of State-designate Condoleeza Rice underwent a relatively new procedure today to relieve uterine fibroid symptoms, according to published reports. Rice, 50, is "out of surgery and resting comfortably" at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, said deputy national security advisor Jim Wilkinson in a statement to CNN. The procedure took an hour and a half, he said. Rice was expected to return home tomorrow and go back to work on Monday. Uterine fibroids are the most common, noncancerous tumors in women of childbearing age, according to the National Institutes of Health. Uterine fibroids affect about 25%...