All hormonal contraceptives carry a small increased risk of breast cancer. A new study is offering more information for women about whether the type of birth control they take increases their risk ...

Women who use a hormone-releasing intrauterine device, or IUD, face around the same risk of breast cancer as women who take hormonal birth control pills, according to a new study.

If you live with migraine, you do have additional considerations when it comes to use of hormonal contraception.

If you use birth control, you might be wondering whether it affects your chances of getting cancer. Find out how IUDs, birth control pills, birth control shots, and others raise or lower your risk.

A recent study found that women using birth control pills after age 45 had a 43% lower risk of developing ovarian cancer. The findings highlight how hormonal contraception may play a role in ...

A new study adds to the evidence on hormonal contraceptives and breast cancer. But experts stressed the overall risk remains low.

Researchers stress the overall risk remains low, but it does support earlier research. That data linked the use of hormonal birth control with an increased breast cancer risk.

Specifically, there were 55 breast cancer cases each year among the 100,000 women who didnt use hormonal birth control, and 68 cases of breast cancer among those who did.

Women younger than 50 who used a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (IUD) had a significantly higher risk of breast cancer as compared with women who did not use hormonal contraceptives ...

The findings indicate that breast cancer risks with IUDs are likely similar to those with other types of hormonal birth control.

While hormonal birth control pills are a common form of birth control, some forms of birth control don't involve hormones. Instead, nonhormonal options prevent pregnancy by physically or chemically… ...

Progesterone-only forms of birth control pose a similar — or even greater — risk of breast cancer as those containing estrogen.