by University of Ottawa Credit: CC0 Public Domain The effects of oral contraceptives (OCs) like birth control pills on the brain and mood of women may come down to age and their gut microbiome, according to new research from the University of Ottawa. In a manuscript published in January’s Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, a team from the...
by Uppsala University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study from Uppsala University shows that oral contraceptives and hormone therapy at menopause increase the risk of stroke. The increased risk is greatest during the first year of treatment and then declines. The study, which is now published in Stroke, is based on data from over a quarter...
