Depo-Provera Birth Control Injection Linked to 53 Percent Greater Brain Tumor Risk
A substantial body of research has linked a popular birth control injection—medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), marketed under the brand name Depo-Provera®—to meningiomas, the most common type of brain tumor. While meningiomas are typically classified as benign, untreated tumors or atypical and malignant cases can still grow aggressively and lead to life-threatening complications such as increased intracranial […]