A woman's contraceptive implant ended up in her lung; doctors believe the device migrated because it wasn't inserted in her upper arm properly.

After adjusting for factors such as age, education, high blood pressure and diabetes, researchers linked the ...

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

Women at risk for low milk supply who received an etonogestrel implant as soon as 30 minutes after delivery reported similar ...

A new study confirms previous findings that hormonal birth control is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and ...

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

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

The most common formulation of birth control pills has been linked to a doubling of relative risk of heart attack and stroke, ...

Hormonal contraceptives like the vaginal ring, skin patch, and estrogen-progestin pills are more likely to increase the risk ...

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

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 ...

Increased arterial thrombotic risk was seen with use of the combined vaginal ring, patch, and progestin-only implant, but no increased risk was seen with the progestin-only intrauterine device.