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

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 ...

The study revealed the risk of developing venous thromboembolisms from various types of synthetic hormones, providing ...

A battle over how to treat childhood obesity is brewing between those in favour and others who warn of the effects on growing bodies ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Data suggest a dose-related association between progestin-only products and arterial thrombotic risk. Various hormonal contraceptives were linked to incident cardiovascular disease in an analysis of ...

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