Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large new study conducted in Spain and Italy found that beta blockers, drugs often used to slow the heart rate and lower blood ...

The accepted clinical practice of using beta blockers over the long term to curb the risk of further heart attacks or death doesn’t seem to be warranted in patients who don’t have heart failure, ...

Doctors are reassessing decades of standard treatment for patients who have had heart attacks after new research shows beta-blockers may be anywhere from useless to harmful in certain cases. The ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) affects approximately 4 million individuals in the United States with 500,000 new cases diagnosed each year. [1] Previously, beta-blockers were absolutely ...

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 ...

In a new research trial, beta-blockers didnt appear to offer meaningful benefit to heart attack survivors with preserved heart function. A sub-study within the same trial suggests that women ...

MADRID -- Beta-blockers may be relegated to a smaller role for secondary prevention after myocardial infarction (MI) in contemporary practice, based on the arrival of three new trials from Europe.

A new study found that taking beta blockers was associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for patients with a certain form of heart failure. Dec. 6 --Millions of Americans with heart ...