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 ...

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

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

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 ...

That translates to one extra stroke for every 4,760 women taking the pill for a year and one extra heart attack for every 10,000 women per year of use. Ischemic stroke, when a blood vessel in the ...

A Danish study has highlighted the risk of using certain hormonal contraceptives, especially hormone-based combination pills, ...

Experts said the risks were still very low, but it was important for women to be fully informed when considering their ...

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

Dr Iresh Shetty, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, KMC Hospital Mangalore Ischemic Heart disease is considered to be the leading cause of death not only in India but across the world. Previously thought to ...