July is Fibroid Awareness Month, and it's an opportunity to raise awareness for uterine fibroids, a painful condition estimated to impact a staggering 26 million women nationwide. Cheddar's own Ashley Mastronardi spoke to one woman who shares her life-changing experience with fibroids.
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