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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(HealthDay News) — Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk varies across hormonal contraceptives, according to a research letter published online Feb. 10 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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