A study carried out by researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine has deduced a connection between childhood abuse and uterine fibroids pre-menopause.
68,505 premenopausal women were studied out of which almost 65 percent of women had been victims of sexual or physical abuse as children. They found that the risk of fibroids increased from 8 to 36 percent depending on the intensity of the abuse suffered. They also discovered that a happy and emotionally stable childhood helped women lead a relatively healthier life.