Beta blockers including atenolol and bisoprolol are widely prescribed for heart conditions, but NHS guidance warns they are ...

Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure, or hypertension, according to the CDC. One of the most common ...

Dr. Butler answers the question: 'Side Effects Of Beta Blockers?' — -- Question: What are the benefits and side effects of Beta blockers? Answer: There are a lot of benefits of ACE inhibitors, or ...

Standard of care treatment questioned in new study. Oct. 2, 2012— -- New research suggests that beta-blocker pills don't prevent heart attacks, strokes or cardiac deaths in patients with heart ...

I first took beta blockers two years ago, when I was asked to give a eulogy. Terrible at public speaking on a good day, let alone at a funeral, my first instinct was to refuse to do it. I had made a ...

The cheap and popular heart drugs known as beta-blockers may be overused in many patients, exposing them needlessly to bothersome side effects, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people with ...

Beta-blockers antagonize beta-1 and beta-2 receptors which are the usual targets of the sympathetic nervous system, including epinephrine and norepinephrine. This results in a decreased heart rate ...

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 ...

PARIS, France—Even when facing moderately-severe renal impairment, patients who have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and are in sinus rhythm can derive a survival benefit from ...

Older patients with stable angina who undergo elective PCI do not appear to benefit from taking beta-blockers after their procedure, according to a new study. In a large analysis of more than 700,000 ...

Aerobic physical exercise is recommended as basic lifestyle modification in the treatment of arterial hypertension. 1, 2 Whereas cardiovascular training can induce systolic and diastolic blood ...

An unlikely byproduct of the Oscars red-carpet coverage last Sunday? The mention of beta blockers by actor Rachel Sennott, who told a host that her pre-event routine is to “take that beta blocker, ...