Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the U.S. for 100 years, according to the American Heart Association’s 2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics report. For decades, beta-blockers ...

Recently, two studies on beta blockers in patients with heart attacks were reported in the news. The Spanish-Italian study ...

What is a beta blocker? Churchwell said the drug class slows the heart by inhibiting and binding to beta one and beta two receptors on the heart.

REBOOT by itself showed no benefit to beta-blockers post-MI when EF >40% while suggesting a possible benefit in the EF 40-49% ...

Yet another observational study, this one from the SWEDEHEART registry, is suggesting that for patients free from heart failure (HF) or left ventricular systolic dysfunction after MI, long-term use of ...

Beta-blockers are used to treat high blood pressure and other conditions, but they can also help with migraines. Learn how they work and if they might be right for you.

Hospitals needing to up their use of beta blockers in AMI patients should take a good look at their own infrastructure rather than hiring pricey consultants to solve their problems, a new report ...

Drugs such as beta-adrenergic antagonists (beta blockers) have been linked to a range of adverse effects, including depression.

Over the long term, patients who survive an aortic dissection appear to do just as well treated with either beta-blockers or ACE inhibitors/ARBs rather than other antihypertensive drugs, a ...

Beta blockers are a heart medication, but some docs prescribe it off-label to help with situational anxiety. Click here for more on just how that works.

Monash University researchers have identified a molecular biomarker in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) tumors which could inform when beta blockers can play a role in "switching off" tumor ...

In contrast, beta-blocker therapy was associated with modestly reduced intraocular pressure (IOP), which is associated with a reduced risk of glaucoma.