Beta blockers have been shown to prolong survival in chronic heart failure. It is currently a matter of debate whether any β blocker is superior to the other in terms of improving symptoms, left ...

A new LOCAL online community built for you. Click now to see all the available groups. TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Beta blockers are go-to meds for many people who've survived a heart ...

Beta blockers are go-to meds for many people who've survived a heart attack. However, new Swedish research has found that they might not be needed for heart attack survivors whose hearts have retained ...

An informal, nonsanctioned meta-analysis of 10 recent clinical trials in heart failure [1] has confirmed the importance of ALLHAT (the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering treatment to prevent Heart ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The University of Rochester Medical Center announced a new federal grant, to the tune of $27 million, toward heart research. The focus will be on heart failure medication. Ninety ...

July 12 -- FRIDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- People who are hospitalized for severe heart failure and have been taking beta blockers should be kept on those medications while in the hospital, a new ...

The conventional wisdom of giving long-term beta-blockers for secondary prevention after myocardial infarction (MI), in the absence of another clinical indication, was questioned by a large cohort ...

β-blockers may increase depression risk in heart attack survivors with normal heart function, questioning their necessity for this group. The REDUCE-AMI trial found long-term β-blocker use linked to ...

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 ...

LONDON (AP) -- A large head-to-head comparison of two widely used heart drugs known as beta blockers found one significantly superior in prolonging the lives of people with chronic heart failure. Some ...

The year saw the emergence of a new version of an old drug that proved beneficial in patients who have heart failure with ...

Research is revealing that beta blocker meds might not be useful for heart attack survivors who don't also have heart failure A new study suggests that the meds might even raise odds for depression in ...