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Lupita Nyong'o's battle with fibroids: What every woman should know

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On March 2, 2014, many Kenyans watched on TV as Lupita Nyong’o, a daughter of the soil, picked her Oscars trophy. Lupita won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the biographical historical drama, 12 Years a Slave.

That same year she was diagnosed with fibroids: non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the womb.

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