Even after adjusting for other recognized risk factors like smoking, migraines with aura, obesity and hypertension, a study ...

A research study has highlighted a correlation between combined oral contraception use and the potential risk of a stroke.

Strokes without a known cause are called cryptogenic. It accounts for up to 40 per cent of all ischaemic strokes in young ...

Imperial College London researchers say they may have found a crucial ‘piece to the puzzle’ why asthma is worse for women and ...

such as inhaled or oral steroids, who were taking the progesterone-only contraceptive pill appeared to have a 20 per cent increased risk, they found. open image in gallery The mini pill has been ...

The combined oral contraceptive pill contains two hormones, synthetic oestrogen and progesterone (called progestogen). All the approximately 20 brands on the market have a similar amount of oestrogen.