Beta blockers are quickly becoming the hot new drug to combat anxiety. The medication, also known as propranolol, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1967 for the treatment of ...

In a new research trial, beta-blockers didnt appear to offer meaningful benefit to heart attack survivors with preserved heart function. A sub-study within the same trial suggests that women ...

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 ...

It's standard for heart attack survivors to take beta blocker medications for years afterward, but a new study suggests that may be unnecessary for people who've had a milder heart attack. Researchers ...

The heart medication can ease physical symptoms of panic, making them popular for job interviews, public speaking events and ...

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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 ...

Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed for a range of cardiac conditions, including heart attacks—provide no clinical benefit for patients who have had an uncomplicated myocardial infarction with ...

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 ...

A major new analysis from the REBOOT (Treatment with Beta-blockers after Myocardial Infarction without Reduced Ejection Fraction) clinical trial, an international study coordinated by the Centro ...