Low doses of the injectable weight-loss medication semaglutide may improve symptoms of a hard-to-treat type of heart failure. This effect happened through direct action on the heart muscle and blood ...

Heart attacks increase heart failure risk. Dr. Teuteberg believes cardiac attacks damage the heart, making it pump less ...

Specifically, the research shows that women who take beta-blockers—a type of medicine often used to control high blood ...

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 ...

Updated guideline to increase access to treatments for early-stage chronic heart failure could reduce deaths and hospital admissions by thousands Around 3,000 deaths and 5,500 hospital admissions in ...

Beta-blockers are associated with decreased in-hospital mortality and stroke in acute decompensated heart failure: findings from a retrospective analysis of a 22-year registry in the Middle East (1991 ...

What is a beta blocker? Churchwell said the drug class slows the heart by inhibiting and binding to beta one and beta two receptors on the heart.

A recent study has found that women with hypertension who take beta-blockers may face a higher risk of heart failure than men when they experience acute coronary syndrome. The research, published ...

Beta-blocker treatment can lead to a modest increase in depressive symptoms among patients who have myocardial infarction.

One study suggests these drugs could increase depression risk in heart attack survivors who retained normal heart pumping function, while providing no life-saving benefit.

TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- 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 ...

Beta blockers are go-to meds for many people who've survived a heart attack, but might not be needed for patients whose hearts have retained a normal pumping ability.