The following is the introduction for a forthcoming comprehensive medical essay on uterine fibroids (UFs) and their treatment. It is based on a review of 130 medical journal articles.   Solving the Global Problem of Uterine Fibroids   Background, Rationale, and Introduction             Except for diseases caused by a nutritional deficiency, no single discovery or therapeutic breakthrough can completely cure a disease. This essay provides the scientific basis to support the use of a safe, affordable, effective nutritional combination therapy to help prevent, retard, and reduce the incidence and symptoms of uterine fibroids – UFs - medically known as uterine leiomyomas, or simply, myomas. This proposed combination therapy consists of three medicines that previously have been scientifically shown to be effective in shrinking fibroids or inhibiting their development. Those are vitamin D 3, curcumin (turmeric), and sel...