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 ...

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

Doctors weigh in on the new entrant into the self-care domain, the wellness patch, that has found its spot in Katrina Kaif ...

Family planning experts have welcomed the announcement that an American firm had been given the green light to produce a contraceptive patch similar to nicotine patches. The Family Planning ...

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

Increased relative risk of stroke and myocardial infarction, but absolute risk is low Approximately 80% of women worldwide have used hormonal contraception at some point in their lives.1 This high ...

A new contraceptive patch set to rival the Pill will be available on prescription for the first time in the UK. Evra is already available in the United States where it has become the second most ...

Data suggest a dose-related association between progestin-only products and arterial thrombotic risk. Various hormonal contraceptives were linked to incident cardiovascular disease in an analysis of ...

Contraceptives have come a long way in the last couple of years, from the pull-out method being the only thing available at the time to the syringe method to devices like condoms and diaphragms ...