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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

However, each woman's absolute risk remained low: Use of the estrogen/progestin pill translated to one extra stroke for every 4,760 women using the pill for one year, and one extra heart attack for ...