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 ...

When patients can’t access their MHT patches, they may consider switching to different formulations, such as tablets or gels.

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 ...

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 ...

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Researchers, led by the University of Melbourne's Professor Laura Mackay, a Laboratory Head and Immunology Theme Leader at ...

Dr. Debu Tripathy discusses the FDA approval of Enhertu in unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor HR+, HER2-low or -ultralow breast cancer.

The study revealed the risk of developing venous thromboembolisms from various types of synthetic hormones, providing ...