Michael Jackson once kept Bubbles as a pet. Michael Jackson has been accused of beating up his chimp Bubbles. The late singer's pet was reportedly being beaten while in his car, and a leading chimpanzee expert insisted she tried to intervene when she'd heard about the way he was being treated.
Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during childbearing years. Also called leiomyomas (lie-o-my-O-muhs) or myomas, uterine fibroids aren't associated with an increased risk of uterine cancer and almost never develop into cancer. Fibroids range in size from seedlings, undetectable by the human eye, to bulky masses that can distort and enlarge the uterus.
Leiomyomas of the uterus are one of the most common pathologic abnormalities of the female genital tract. Their occurrence increases with age, and they are found in 20â50% of women older than 30 years. Although found elsewhere in the body, leiomyomas most frequently occur in the myometrium. Uterine leiomyomas are commonly referred to as myomas, fibromyomas, or âfibroidsâ because of their firm, fibrous character and high content of collagen.