Even Low-Dose Contraceptives Slightly Increase Breast Cancer Risk

(By Patti Neighmond for NPR)

It’s long been known that hormonal contraception, like any medicine, carries some risks. But doctors and women have hoped that the newer generations of low-dose contraceptive pills, IUDs and implants eliminated the breast cancer risk of earlier, higher-dose formulations. Continue reading article here…

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