![A bed inside Whitfield Regional Medical Center, which is partnering with UAB to bring high tech fibroid treatment to rural women](jpg/ong57oljenhmnilpkrqhf4nrpe4757.jpg?itok=dZ-II3H4)
Black women have high rates of fibroids – which are one of the leading causes of hysterectomies. Women in rural areas may have a harder time gaining access to alternative treatments such as uterine fibroid embolization that are available at large hospitals or specialty centers.