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.

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 ...

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

For patients with AMI involving anteroapical akinesis/dyskinesis, prophylactic anticoagulation may be initiated for 1–3 months, if the risk of thrombosis is high. For patients with specific types of ...

Light has long been recognized as a critical regulator of human health, influencing everything from hormone secretion to cardiovascular rhythms. Published in the journal, Journal of Thrombosis and ...

1 The authors describe a man aged 76 years who developed recurrent venous thrombosis despite anticoagulation and progressive bilateral pulmonary artery aneurysms. Hughes Stovin syndrome-related ...

The guideline will address specific thrombotic events in children, such as intracranial venous and arterial thrombosis, CVC-related venous thrombosis, etc. They will also explore thromboprophylaxis ...

Migraine with brainstem aura or MBA (formerly known as basilar migraines) are headaches that start in the lower part of the brain, called the brainstem. They cause symptoms such as dizziness ...

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

An artery that temporarily runs down the center of our forearms while we're still in the womb isn't vanishing as often as it used to, according to a study published in 2020 from researchers at ...

I have the expertise in various animal models including vascular injury (atherosclerosis, vasculitis, femoral artery wire injury) and thrombosis (carotid artery photochemical injury, tail bleeding ...