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New research shows that beta-blockers, long prescribed after heart attacks, may increase hospitalization and mortality risk ...

Beta blockers may provide no clinical benefit to patients who maintain normal heart function following a heart attack, according to a study published Aug. 30 in The New England Journal of Medicine. ...

This news might break your heart — literally. A shocking new study found that the go-to treatment doctors have been using to ...

Beta-blocker therapy significantly reduced a composite endpoint of all-cause mortality, new myocardial infarction (MI) and ...

In the heart there are two different subtypes of beta-adrenergic receptors - beta1 and beta2 - which are activated by the stress hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline.

Early role of mitochondria in Alzheimer's Disease may help explain limitations to current beta amyloid hypothesis Date: October 13, 2010 Source: Columbia University Medical Center Summary: A new ...