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

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

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 ...

Short-term withdrawal of beta-blockers improved exercise outcomes in certain patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to a small randomized trial. After 2 weeks ...

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. Beta blockers have long been included in the ...

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 ...

Our findings in a large, population-based registry of over 20 000 patients with a recent hospitalization for documented HF suggest that prescription of a non-selective beta-blocker is associated with ...

CDC: Prescription Opioid Use Stable Since 2006 A case study in Pharmacotherapy describes a patient with metoprolol overdose who developed cardiac arrest and worsening progression after numerous ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Beta-blocker use at hospital admission for acute decompensated HF was associated with lower in-hospital ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Beta-blocker use after heart attack in patients with preserved or mildly reduced heart function was assessed in ...