A major international study suggests beta blockers may not benefit many patients recovering from uncomplicated heart attacks ...

A massive international study could upend 40 years of heart attack treatment. Researchers found that beta blockers—routinely prescribed after uncomplicated heart attacks—offered no real benefit for ...

For roughly four decades, the playbook after a heart attack has included a near-automatic prescription: beta-blockers, taken ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A major analysis led by the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), in collaboration with international institutions, has pooled data from 17,801 myocardial infarction survivors ...