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 ...

Dr. Vetter explains that the reason why obesity increases the risk of endometrial cancer is because fat tissue converts ...

Trending| The study, published in The BMJ, looked at the health records of over two million women in Denmark and found that ...

A study by University of Copenhagen researchers suggests hormonal contraceptives are linked to higher risks of stroke and ...

A New York doctor has been ordered to pay $100,000 in fines after she prescribed abortion pills to a 20-year-old Texas woman.

Contemporary estrogen-progestin contraceptives are associated with an increased risk for ischemic stroke and myocardia ...

Birth control has been a great tool for planning and helping people figure out their family goals. But like many other ...

A new study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has found that some hormonal contraceptives, particularly those ...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk varies across hormonal contraceptives, according to a research letter published online Feb.

After adjusting for factors such as age, education, high blood pressure and diabetes, researchers linked the estrogen-progestin pill — known colloquially as the birth control pill — to twice the risk ...

"Period delay tablets should not be taken more than once every three months," Dr Lee notes. "If you want to reduce or get rid ...