Background Since the 1960s, beta blockers have been used to treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), a genetic ...

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 ...

Heart disease kills one in every four people in the United States. And about 70 percent of people 65 and older take heart medications, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some ...

A large new study conducted in Spain and Italy found that beta blockers, drugs often used to slow the heart rate and lower blood pressure, did not provide clear benefits for heart attack patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Beta-blockers were not associated with depression and other psychiatric adverse events, although they may have a ...

Cardioselective beta-blockers act on beta-1 more than beta-2 and thus will not trigger or worsen asthma as much as non-cardioselective beta-blockers. Carvedilol and labetalol are non-selective ...

Study Casts Doubt on Use of Beta Blockers Post-Heart Attack, Especially for Women By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Sept. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A drug commonly prescribed to heart ...

New research led by Flinders University has found a link between beta-blockers and survival outcomes in some breast cancer patients. Beta-blockers, commonly used to manage cardiovascular disease, were ...

Drugs such as beta-adrenergic antagonists (beta blockers) have been linked to a range of adverse effects, including depression. But how reliable are these data, and which psychiatric side effects ...

An analysis of published studies has found a link between the use of antihypertensive mediations and the development of psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease. In the analysis, which is ...