How to Shrink Fibroids Naturally. Uterine fibroids, or leiomyomata, are non-cancerous tumors that form on the uterus. At some point in their lives, up to 70% of women will develop fibroids. Normally, fibroids do not cause any symptoms.
Story Highlights. The 16-day government shutdown cost the economy jobs, delayed mortgages and lost retail sales â at least $12 billion worth, and maybe as much as $24 billion. â¢ Estimates of the toll range from $12 billion to $24 billion for the U.S. economy, or as much as $1.5 billion per day, and as many as 250,000 jobs.
$76 million per day lost because of National Parks being shut down, according to the National Park Service; $217 million per day in lost federal and contractor wages in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area alone; Hundreds of thousands of federal workers bore the economic brunt of the shutdown.