Certain contraceptives may carry a slightly increased risk of heart attacks and strokes in women, according to a large new study.While the overall risk is very low, researchers said medics should be ...

This could be a tough pill to swallow. An estimated 250 million women worldwide are believed to use some form of hormonal ...

A Danish study highlights the increased risk of heart attack and ischemic stroke associated with certain hormonal ...

Hormonal contraceptives like the vaginal ring, skin patch, and estrogen-progestin pills are more likely to increase the risk ...

The most common formulation of birth control pills has been linked to a doubling of relative risk of heart attack an ...

Certain hormonal contraceptives are associated with a higher stroke and heart attack risk, finds a large study from Denmark ...

Some hormonal contraceptives are associated with a small but significant increased risk of stroke and heart attack ...

The most common formulation of birth control pills has been linked to a doubling of relative risk of heart attack and stroke, ...

A real-world Danish registry study showed a significant increased relative risk, but small absolute risk, for stroke and ...

Certain hormonal contraceptives are associated with a higher stroke and heart attack risk, finds a large study from Denmark in The BMJ today that draws on prescription records to give more precise ...