These include fibroids or "lumps" in the uterus, cancer, and heavy or irregular periods.

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Breast cancer, like fibroids and osteoporosis, is yet another example of a disease that is often referred to as simply a woman's disease.

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Other minimally invasive technologies (no surgery) are being used to stop heartburn, zap enlarged prostates and destroy painful uterine fibroids, making a hysterectomy unnecessary.

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The British and Finnish scientists found women with multiple fibroids of both the uterus and skin were born with mutations in the fumarate hydratase (FH) gene.

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Dr Richard Houlston, a researcher at the Institute of Cancer Research who carried out the research, said preventing fibroids may one day be possible in the future.

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The FDA blessed ExAblate after one trial in which 42 of 82 women with fibroids had their tumors disappear, or shrink to less bothersome levels within one year.

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