Weighing the Benefits (and Risks) of Birth Control

Weighing the Benefits (and Risks) of Birth Control

Birth Control

A study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) found a slightly elevated breast cancer risk among women who used low-dose hormonal birth control. The roughly 20 percent increased risk of breast cancer—similar to the extra breast cancer risk contributed by physical inactivity, excessive weight gain in adulthood, or drinking an average of one or […]

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