Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration: Cat O'Neil/The Guardian (Illustration: Cat O'Neil/The Guardian) I first took beta blockers two years ago, when I was ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — Beta blockers are a mainstay in cardiovascular treatment, frequently given to patients after heart attacks. But a new large trial turns that convention on its head, suggesting that the drugs ...

Half of all patients discharged from hospital after a heart attack are treated with beta-blockers unnecessarily, new study suggests. Half of all patients discharged from hospital after a heart attack ...

Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed for a range of cardiac conditions, including heart attacks—provide no clinical benefit for patients who have had an uncomplicated myocardial infarction with ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Beta-blockers did not improve clinical outcomes after ...

A drug commonly prescribed after a heart attack doesn’t seem to offer significant benefits for people who recover without lasting damage — and could pose added risks to women. In a new research trial, ...

Share on Pinterest Beta-blockers may not help reduce additional cardiovascular health risks for people after they’ve had a heart attack. grandriver/Getty Images A new study has found that taking ...

For decades, surviving a heart attack has come with a lifelong prescription: Stay on medications called beta-blockers to help protect your heart. But doctors are taking a closer look at whether ...

PARIS, France—Even when facing moderately-severe renal impairment, patients who have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and are in sinus rhythm can derive a survival benefit from ...

Older patients with stable angina who undergo elective PCI do not appear to benefit from taking beta-blockers after their procedure, according to a new study. In a large analysis of more than 700,000 ...