Study: Heart Attack, Stroke Risk Low with Birth Control Pills

No-Estrogen and Lowest-Estrogen Contraceptives Safest, Study Finds
By Salynn BoylesWebMD Health News
Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD
June 13, 2012 -- The risk of having a heart attack or stroke is very low for most women who take low-dose hormonal contraceptives, but that risk rises with age, new research confirms.
The study, published online in The New England Journal of Medicine, included more than 1.6 million Danish women. That makes it the largest study ever to examine the impact of

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