Oral contraceptive use and hormone therapy were associated with an increased risk for stroke, according to study findings published in Stroke.
“Women should be aware of the side effects [of oral contraceptives and hormone therapy] in order to make more informed decisions when it comes to exogenous hormones,” Therese Johansson, MSc, PhD candidate in the department of immunology, genetics and pathology at the Centre for Women’s Mental Health during the Reproductive Lifespan (WOMHER) at Uppsala University, Sweden, told Healio.
In a population-based cohort study, Johansson and