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 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 ...

A class of drugs called beta-blockers — used for decades as a first-line treatment after a heart attack— doesn’t benefit the vast majority of patients and may contribute to a higher risk of ...

In two large studies of heart attack survivors, beta-blocker drugs benefited those with mildly impaired heart function Contradictory trial results seen in patients without heart dysfunction More data ...

A common heart drug may slow the progression of Huntington's disease (HD), according to a new study by University of Iowa Health Care researchers. Using clinical information from a large, ...

Jordan Schultz, PharmD, and his team at University of Iowa Health Care, found that beta-blocker usage is associated with delayed onset and slower disease progression in Huntington's disease. A common ...

Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed after a heart attack—may not actually help a large number of patients. This is the "breakthrough" claim of researchers who report that the medicines provide no ...