| | Oral contraceptives increase risk of stroke, but risk is generally miniscule |
 | | Oral contraceptives increase the risk of stroke, according to a broad analysis by UC San Francisco researchers, but the risk of stroke is so low in women during their reproductive years to begin with that the added risk is generally miniscule, the researchers say. |
 | | The analysis, which evaluated 16 earlier studies, indicated that the low dose oral contraceptives generally prescribed in the United States today nearly double the risk of stroke. |
 | | The study was funded by the National Stroke Association and by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. |
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