Natural health: Fibroids and gynaecomastia

Q. My gynaecologist discovered a fibroid at my last check-up. Is there anything I can do to help while I am waiting for surgery?

A. Uterine fibroids are more common than most of us realise, with around 25% of all women being diagnosed with these benign tumours, and almost half are women aged over 40.

Most are very small growths, about the size of a walnut, but in rare cases a fibroid will grow to be larger.