Individuals with some forms of heart failure are treated with drugs that are known as beta-blockers because they target proteins known as beta-adrenergic receptors (beta-ARs). Now, a potential ...

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 ...

Standard of care treatment questioned in new study. Oct. 2, 2012— -- New research suggests that beta-blocker pills don't prevent heart attacks, strokes or cardiac deaths in patients with heart ...

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. They both trigger the strongest ...

The addition of β-adrenergic antagonists to the treatment regimen for heart failure has validated the neurohormonal hypothesis and provided much-improved outcomes. This benefit had been in question ...

DURHAM, N.C. – A newly discovered chemical pathway that helps protect heart tissue can be stimulated by two of 20 common beta-blockers, drugs that are prescribed to millions of patients who have ...

July 21, 2009 (Washington, DC) — Increasingly in explorations of why African Americans and whites with heart failure seem to respond differently to some drug therapies, genotype rules; race is a ...

Beta-blockers are used to treat several conditions, usually by regulating heart activity. Also called beta-adrenoreceptor blocking agents, these medications bind to beta receptors present on the cells ...

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