Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Relative risk for breast cancer rises about 20% to 30% with recent use of any oral contraceptives. Current or ...

A new analysis involving almost 10,000 women has shown that the added risk of breast cancer occurring under the age of 50 in association with oral contraceptive use was of similar magnitude regardless ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Perrigo launch of their FDA approved OTC Opill is great news for women in the U.S. who rely on progesterone-only birth control pills for their contraception.

A study found all hormonal contraceptives carry a small increased risk of breast cancer. Hormones in the pills are thought to raise the risk. But drinking alcohol and smoking can increase breast ...

Many women are taking progestin-only contraceptives, whose association with breast cancer risk isn’t well-known. A new study says that the risk associated with progestin-only pills is broadly in line ...

Taking a progestogen-only 'mini pill' carries a small risk of breast cancer - similar to combined oral contraceptive pills, say researchers. The study, in PLoS Medicine journal, external, is one of ...

As much as they may be a small nuisance to take every day, oral contraceptives — that’s the pill — are here to stay (at least until better, longer-term, and more convenient birth control options come ...

An analysis of almost 10,000 women with breast cancer under the age of 50 found a similar association regardless of the type of hormonal contraceptive Use of combined oral contraceptives, containing ...

New research has found that all hormonal contraceptives “carry a small increased risk of breast cancer,” The Guardian reports. Previously only the combined pill was linked to an increased risk of ...