Nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have high blood pressure, or hypertension, according to the CDC. One of the most common ...

New experimental evidence supports the idea that future therapeutic strategies for treating cardiovascular disease could target sites within the brain. Our recent study demonstrates the existence of ...

Using beta-blockers lowers pain and opioid use among patients with symptomatic large joint osteoarthritis, according to a study in Arthritis Care and Research. Researchers assessed joint pain in 873 ...

Reductions in violence are seen in individuals using Beta adrenergic-blocking agents (Beta-blockers) compared with periods that they are not taking the medication, a new study finds. If the findings ...

Women with epithelial ovarian cancer who happened to be taking nonselective beta-blockers for hypertension survived longer than those who were not taking the drugs, according to a large multicenter ...

Drugs such as beta-adrenergic antagonists (beta blockers) have been linked to a range of adverse effects, including depression. But how reliable are these data, and which psychiatric side effects ...

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 ...

Beta-Blockers for Anxiety: What Are They? Beta-blockers are medications that slow down certain types of cell activity in your body. Doctors often prescribe them to treat heart and circulatory problems ...

The perioperative period is receiving increased attention as a platform to inhibit cancer progression, according to investigators. Use of a nonselective beta-blocker at the time of radical ...

Cleveland Clinic researchers have made a significant discovery about how the gut microbiome interacts with cells to cause cardiovascular disease. The Nature Communications study found ...