Vitamin D may reduce risk of uterine fibroids, according to NIH study

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/nioe-vdm041513.php

Public release date: 15-Apr-2013
Contact: Robin Mackar
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Women who had sufficient amounts of vitamin D were 32 percent less likely to develop fibroids than women with insufficient vitamin D, according to a study from researchers at the National Institutes of Health.

Fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyomata, are noncancerous tumors of the uterus. Fibroids often result in pain and bleeding in premenopausal women, and are the leading cause of hysterectomy in the United States.

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