https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=8132090&GUID=6DB905DC-010B-4C6D-8BDC-DE82F378EDE9Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=8132090&GUID=6DB905DC-010B-4C6D-8BDC-DE82F378EDE96DB905DC-010B-4C6D-8BDC-DE82F378EDE9-2026-07-10-00-55-14Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL UTERINE FIBROID AWARENESS MONTH IN COOK COUNTY WHEREAS, the month of July is recognized as Uterine Fibroid Awareness Month, a crucial time to shed light on a health condition that affects millions of women across the country; and WHEREAS, according to the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation, more than 70% of US women will experience uterine fibroids, also called leiomyomas or myomas, by 50 years of age and they are the most common reason, aside from cancer, that women have their uterus removed through hysterectomy, but for Black women that rate is over 80%. Overall, uterine fibroids become more common, from age 30 to menopause, but Black women develop fibroids at a younger age, have more severe symptoms and develop higher rates of complications; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that 26,000,000 women between the ages of 15 and 50 have uterine fibroids, and 25-50% of women with uterine fibroids are symptomatic and more likely to experience heavy and prolonged bleeding, bleeding between menstrual cycles, chronFri, 10 Jul 2026 00:55:14 GMT