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Kate Ferguson

Kate Ferguson believes in the importance of healthy relationships, both with ourselves and others. Formerly the editor-in-chief of Real Health, she's written extensively about these issues for various lifestyle publications. Previous to going freelance full time, she was an associate editor at NYU Langone Health.

Articles

Money Tight While Dealing With Cancer? Send Out an SOS

How to minimize the financial burden of a cancer diagnosis

Uterine Fibroids: Can Lifestyle Changes Help?

After enduring severe fibroid symptoms for almost four years, Melissa Muganzo Murphy, 34, treated the condition holistically.

Is UFE the Best-Kept Secret for Treating Fibroids?

After Eugenia Buie learned about uterine fibroid embolization, she wondered why some doctors don’t mention this treatment to their patients

Pregnancy and Hepatitis C

For women with hepatitis C interested in becoming mothers, treatment before or after pregnancy is possible.

Singer-songwriter Asiahn Talks About Life With Uterine Fibroids

Many women with fibroids complain that often doctors don’t listen to what patients say. Some are speaking up.

Period Problems Caused by Uterine Fibroids

Women with fibroids may experience heavy bleeding, a prolonged menstrual cycle or bleeding between periods.

Flipping the Script

Uterine fibroids threatened to wreck her life, but Cynthia Bailey, 54, formerly of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, found a treatment option.

Tamar Braxton arrives at the 24th Annual MovieGuide Awards on February 5, 2016 in Los Angeles, CA

Tamar Braxton: “Uterine Fibroids Was the Root Cause of My Fertility Issues”

The singer and entrepreneur shares her experience with uterine fibroids to urge all women who are affected to speak up and be heard.

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Can Black Women Be Convinced That PrEP Isn’t Just for Gay Men?

A Less Painful Way for Diabetes Patients to Monitor Their Blood Sugar

Tress-Essential Elements

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Cancer and Quality of Life: A Special Report

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Uterine Fibroids: A Couple’s Story

When Trina Caldwell, age 45, experienced a life-threatening episode triggered by uterine fibroids, her husband, David, sprang into action.

Care That Lets You Be You

The best mental health treatment for LGBTQ people begins with therapy that supports each person as an individual.

Good Health Care for All

Doctors’ implicit biases can be particularly destructive to their patients’ health outcomes.

Stressing a Point

Recent findings show that trans women are twice as likely to die prematurely compared with their cisgender counterparts.

She Didn’t Know Fibroids Could Cause Such Intense Pain

During a doctor’s visit for severe pelvic and back pain, Twyla Hubbard, 46, a mom of two, first learned she had a large uterine fibroid.

How Uterine Fibroids Can Affect Pregnancy

Women must educate themselves about uterine fibroids, which sometimes can cause fertility and reproductive health issues.

Gloria Richard-Davis, MD, is a reproductive endocrinologist, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)

A Focus on Women’s Reproductive Health

Gloria Richard-Davis, MD, talks uterine fibroids and their effect on fertility and pregnancy

No Way Out! IBS Can Be Contrary

Julie’s irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) caused her to either not be able to go to the bathroom or to not be able to stop going.