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 ...

A recent study from MedUni Vienna found that as portal hypertension worsens, inflammation in the body also increases. This means that people with severe liver disease not only have high blood pressure ...

Beta-blockers are widely used medications that help manage high blood pressure by reducing the heart rate and relaxing blood ...

“These meds — such as beta-blockers, corticosteroids, and statins — can be lifesaving, but they can also come with side effects, such as raising blood sugar,” says Raj Singh MD, a board ...

The dose of the first- or second-generation β blocker that the patient is receiving is an important consideration for the switching regimen chosen. The major factors to be kept in mind when ...

Beta blockers have been shown to prolong survival in chronic heart failure. It is currently a matter of debate whether any β blocker is superior to the other in terms of improving symptoms ...