Some hormonal birth control products, including the pill, vaginal ring and skin patch, may increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke, new research suggests.

BMJ study finds non-oral combined contraceptives to carry the highest risk, but doctors advise women against stopping birth ...

A study published in The British Medical Journal that followed more than 20 lakh women in Denmark for more than 10 years ...

Increased relative risk of stroke and myocardial infarction, but absolute risk is low Approximately 80% of women worldwide have used hormonal contraception at some point in their lives.1 This high ...

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

Certain contraceptives may carry a slightly increased risk of heart attacks and strokes in women, according to a large new ...

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

The study revealed that there was a greater risk of both heart attack and stroke linked to most forms of hormonal ...

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

After adjusting for factors such as age, education, high blood pressure and diabetes, researchers linked the estrogen-progestin pill — known colloquially as the birth control pill — to twice the risk ...

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