All types of hormonal birth control may increase risks

• Researchers investigated the link between hormonal contraceptive use and breast cancer risk.
• They found that progestin-only contraceptive use increases breast cancer risk similarly to combined contraceptive use.
• They say that physicians should weigh the benefits and risks to patients of hormonal contraceptive use.

Between 2017 and 2019, around 65% of women aged 15- 49 used some sort of contraception, and 14% of them used the pill. Contraceptive pills come in two forms: the progestin-only…