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

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The combined oestrogen-progesterone pill – the most common hormonal contraceptive in the study – was linked to twice the risk ...

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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 ...

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.

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

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Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery resulted in stroke survivors being more likely to have better function 90 days ...