Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the U.S. for 100 years, according to the American Heart Association’s 2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics report. For decades, beta-blockers ...

Beta blockers, traditionally used to treat high blood pressure, have become the go-to medication for anxiety — but they are helpful in “limited situations,” an expert tells PEOPLE Cara Lynn Shultz is ...

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 ...

As a cardiologist, I frequently meet patients who have stopped taking medicines that could keep them alive. Often it’s because they’ve seen a dramatic headline or a worrying TV report about a drug ...

Our findings in a large, population-based registry of over 20 000 patients with a recent hospitalization for documented HF suggest that prescription of a non-selective beta-blocker is associated with ...

Beta-blockers may fight the progression of triple-negative breast cancer, researchers have found Getty Beta blockers — a commonly prescribed blood pressure medication — may be useful in stopping the ...

Frequent nightmares could be a side effect of your medications. Experts say even antidepressants and sleep aids can alter your REM sleep.

AS ERICA FISHER’S nuptials approach, she’s trying to decide: Should she take a beta blocker before she walks down the aisle? Everyone seems to be talking about the drugs, she says—from her favorite ...

Two new studies point in opposite directions. 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 ...