OT kinda - Green tea helps with fibroids??

I got this article in my e-mail this morning. They are usually very reliable (not some fly by night place) so  I thought that I would share. Especially knowing how many of us battled PCOS

Green Tea May Help Treat Uterine Fibroids
Human trials will begin soon, researchers say

(HealthDay News) -- Green tea extract shows promise as a treatment for uterine fibroids, say U.S. researchers who add they'll soon begin human trials of the therapy.

Uterine fibroids, which affect 40 percent of women of reproductive age, cause excessive vaginal bleeding, anemia, fatigue and lack of energy. Currently, hysterectomy is the only treatment option.

Green tea extract can kill human leiomyoma cells in tissue cultures and can eradicate fibroid lesions in lab animals, according to Dr. Ayman Al-Hendy, director of clinical research at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., and colleagues. Their findings were published Jan. 14 in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

"If we can prove this compound is effective, millions of women can start self-treatment and self-management," Al-Hendy said in a news release.

He and his team are recruiting volunteers to take part in clinical trials.

More information

The U.S. National Women's Health Information Center has more about uterine fibroids.
-- Robert Preidt

SOURCE: Meharry Medical College, news release, January 2010

Weird. And I just found out that I had a uterine fibroid when I had my 8 week ultrasound. They didn't mention me having one when I had an ultrasound at 6 weeks though. That was bizarre. Hopefully mine will just go away and I'll never hear a peep out of it! Thanks for the info.

Wow!  I wonder if that's why I am not having any problems this time around?  With Delaney I had several fibroids.  The 2 ultrasounds I have had so far have said that they aren't seeing any fibroids...I thought that was weird since I have several big ones last time.  But before getting pregnant I had been drinking alot of green tea!  HmmmmBambi

Hmmm....I don't know if the green tea will help, but the thing that would make me question it is that it says that 'currently, hysterectomy is the only treatment option.' I know this part is incorrect...because I had a uterine fibroid removed  3 1/2 years ago.  Most uterine fibroids, if they're causing problems, can be surgically removed.  If they're not causing problems, then they will just leave them alone, usually.

It would be nice though, if the green tea extract helps prevent them...it'd be better than surgery to remove them.