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 ...

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

Most contraceptives, including the widely-used combined pill, could double women's risk of heart attacks and strokes, ...

"Oestrogen is a ‘sticky’ hormone because it makes blood more likely to clot. It is well-known that The Pill increases blood ...

Danish researchers found women who took The Pill doubled their risk of heart attack and stroke but it wasn't the form of ...

Certain contraceptives may carry a slightly increased risk of heart attacks and strokes in women, according to a large new ...

BMJ study finds non-oral combined contraceptives to carry the highest risk, but doctors advise women against stopping birth ...

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 ...

IT can feel like you’re being repeatedly kicked down when your partner turns down your sexual advances. Rejection stings every time, leaving you with a cocktail of emotions – feeling ...

Many women are shunning contraception, using ‘natural’ tracking, which corresponds to a rise in abortions. Read more on ...