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

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

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

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 ...

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