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 ...

Medically reviewed by Patricia Mikula, PharmD Key Takeaways Beta-blockers may not reduce the risk of death or repeat heart ...

One way or another, beta blockers are always in the news. Take, for instance, Los Angeles Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, who revealed in October that he's part of a growing group of Americans who ...

People who have had a heart attack may be able to safely discontinue beta-blocker use after a year if they are at low-risk ...

Among stable, relatively low-risk patients who had previously suffered a heart attack, discontinuing beta-blockers after at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Okay, okay, if you’re thinking, Aren’t beta blockers for, like, my dad? You’re not wrong. Beta blockers are a type of medication ...

In stable patients without heart failure, discontinuing beta-blockers 1 year after a heart attack was noninferior to ...

On a new episode of Hulu's "The Kardashians," Khloé Kardashian says she took Kris Jenner's beta-blocker. Beta-blockers are medications used primarily for uneven heart rate but can also be prescribed ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with breast cancer who take common blood pressure drugs may have better odds of surviving the disease, according to two preliminary studies. In one study, women ...