Migraines and stroke risk, especially for women on the pill
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If you suffer from migraines your risk of suffering a stroke is double, it is greater still if you suffer from migraines and take birth control pills, say researchers from the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Canada.
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Taking tamoxifen to treat breast cancer won&#39;t increase your risk of stroke. However, a report on that finding, which appears in the Oct. 20 issue of the
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Researchers compared the weight and body-mass index (BMI) of 248 women who became pregnant while on the Pill, and compared them to a group of 533 women of the same age who were taking oral contraceptives but who were not pregnant.
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People who suffer from migraines are twice as likely to have a stroke than non-sufferers, according to research published in the British Medical Journal.
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People who have migraines are at twice as likely to have a stroke as people who do not, researchers estimate.
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We have today been informed of new clinical trial data for celecoxib (Celebrex), showing an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death (relative to placebo).
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Description: Americans have recently learned that four popular painkillers -- Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra and naproxen -- have been linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.
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A new study points to potentially deadly side effects for older women who combine two popular blood pressure drugs. A study published in Wednesday&#39;s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association
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Overweight women on the Pill dramatically increase their chances of getting pregnant, scientists revealed today. A woman who is overweight or obese is
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Compared with women who were of normal weight and taking a placebo, overweight women taking estrogen plus progestin raised their risk of venous thrombosis 3.8 times, while obese women experienced 5.6 times the risk.
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People who have frequent migraines are also more likely to develop brain damage, according to research published yesterday. Richard Lipton, a professor at New York&#39;s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, said
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MONDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- The breast cancer drug tamoxifen may cause a slight increase in stroke risk, says a Duke University Medical Center study in the Oct. 12 issue of Neurology.
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(CBS 5 NEWS) - New information was released that once again calls into question the health risks of birth control pills. This past October, two major studies concluded that oral contraceptives lower the risk
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Researchers said the increased risk of stroke was due to the reduced blood flow to the brain which occurred during a migraine. Past research had shown that pill-users with a history of migraine have twice
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NEW YORK  - The use of cholesterol-lowering "statin" drugs, such as Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Zocor (simvastatin), may raise the risk of brain hemorrhage in patients who have experienced a recent stroke or a transient ischemic attack (TIA), new research suggests. Still, this risk may be outweighed by the ability of these agents to lower the overall risk of a second stroke and other serious events, such as heart attack.
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NEW YORK  - New research involving  male-to-female transsexuals lends further credence to the  theory that sex hormones are involved in migraine generation,  physicians report in the medical journal Neurology.
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NEW YORK  - In general, chemotherapy  appears to increase the risk of stroke in patients with breast  cancer. However, researchers report in the October 20th issue  of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.