Beta-blockers are prescribed as a matter of course to people following a heart attack, but a new study, the largest of its kind, has found that for people who have not experienced cardiac ...

Beta blockers have long been widely prescribed for patients with heart issues, but two new studies this week question the benefit of the therapies in certain patients with strong heart function. One ...

Imagine someone you care about suddenly experiencing chest pain, turning pale, and breathing heavily. These are some of the symptoms of a heart attack. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

One way or another, beta blockers are always in the news. Take, for instance, Los Angeles Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, who revealed in October that he's part of a growing group of Americans who ...

A class of drugs called beta-blockers — used for decades as a first-line treatment after a heart attack— doesn’t benefit the vast majority of patients and may contribute to a higher risk of ...

In a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers conducted the Randomized Evaluation of Decreased Usage of Beta-Blockers after Acute Myocardial Infarction (REDUCE-AMI) ...

Credit: Getty Images. A discussion of the use of beta-blocker therapy following AMI, with Christopher Granger, MD, Gregg Fonarow, MD, and Carlin S Long, MD. The role of beta-blockers after acute ...

Several celebs have recently mentioned beta blockers to quell anxiety.

The management of hypertension has historically been shaped by two competing schools of thought. The first posits that reducing blood pressure itself is the ultimate priority, with clinical benefits ...

Dallas, TX - With a good amount of data suggesting that many patients with heart failure aren't receiving all the evidence-based medical therapy recommended in the guidelines, perhaps it isn't ...

An unlikely byproduct of the Oscars red-carpet coverage last Sunday? The mention of beta blockers by actor Rachel Sennott, who told a host that her pre-event routine is to “take that beta blocker, ...