Nothing personal, but this smells of Bad Science.
What is the increased risk? (i.e, 1%? 20%?)
What was the population? (i.e., post-menopausal women? 20 year olds?)
What was the confidence interval? (look it up lol)
I followed the link, found the 2017 study, and it smells.
But the FR Fear Porn crowd will wail, “Oh noooes!!!” without thinking.
Critical Thinking is on life support in the US.
Take all the hormones you want.
No one will stop you.
But the fact that hormonal birth control is not exactly healthy is not anything new or ground breaking.
But curiously no one wants to talk about them. Because the only thing that matters is guys getting their jollies without having to use a condom or worry about having to support their child.