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 ...

From a pool of over 2 million women of reproductive age, users of most methods of hormonal contraception -- including ...

Contemporary estrogen-progestin contraceptives are associated with an increased risk for ischemic stroke and myocardia ...

Use of long-acting, reversible contraceptives is associated with an increased risk of certain cancers, a study suggests.

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

The combined oestrogen-progesterone pill – the most common hormonal contraceptive in the study – was linked to twice the risk ...

Denmark: A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has shed light on the varying ...

"Oestrogen is a ‘sticky’ hormone because it makes blood more likely to clot. It is well-known that The Pill increases blood ...

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

Contraceptive vaginal rings and skin patches formulated in the same way were also linked to higher heart risks. Danish ...

Danish researchers found women who took The Pill doubled their risk of heart attack and stroke but it wasn't the form of ...

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