A new study has called the attention of doctors before prescribing hormonal contraceptives, normally used for birth control ...

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

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

This could be a tough pill to swallow. An estimated 250 million women worldwide are believed to use some form of hormonal ...

The study revealed the risk of developing venous thromboembolisms from various types of synthetic hormones, providing ...

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.

Quitting birth control comes with unexpected changes. Many experience hormonal shifts, yet medical recognition remains limited.

A study published in The British Medical Journal that followed more than 20 lakh women in Denmark for more than 10 years ...

Post–birth control syndrome, or PBCS, affects an estimated 1 in 5 women. It covers what happens when someone goes off ...

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 ...

This study showed venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk variation across hormonal contraceptives with highest rates for combined pills ...

The vaginal ring is a form of birth control that's been available in the U.S. since 2001. The ring is inserted into the ...