Increased relative risk of stroke and myocardial infarction, but absolute risk is low Approximately 80% of women worldwide have used hormonal contraception at some point in their lives.1 This high ...

Research showed prophylactic tranexamic acid lowers perioperative bleeding risk without increasing cardiovascular risk across ...

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

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

Some hormonal birth control products, including the pill, vaginal ring and skin patch, may increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke, new research suggests.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Researchers excluded patients using anticoagulants. They defined thrombotic events as arterial thrombosis (myocardial infarction or cerebral infarction) and venous thrombosis (venous ...