Certain contraceptives may carry a slightly increased risk of heart attacks and strokes in women, according to a large new study.While the overall risk is very low, researchers said medics should be ...

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

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Certain hormonal contraceptives are associated with a higher stroke and heart attack risk, finds a large study from Denmark in The BMJ today that draws on prescription records to give more precise ...

A study published in the BMJ looks at hormonal contraceptives and the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan, Clinical Director at the British Heart Foundation and consultant ...

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

Experts said the risks were still very low, but it was important for women to be fully informed when considering their ...

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Every year, nearly 800,000 people suffer a stroke in America, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Sadly, one in six of those individuals—roughly 137,000 people—will not survive the ...

The analysis is based on the health records of 3,453 adults in the UK Biobank who self-identified as South Asian or East Asian. South Asian people – with origins in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan ...

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