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 ...

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 ...

A large new study conducted in Spain and Italy found that beta blockers, drugs often used to slow the heart rate and lower blood pressure, did not provide clear benefits for heart attack patients ...

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, ...

And last year, at the Golden Globe awards, Robert Downey Jr. quipped: "I took a beta blocker, so this will be a breeze." What's behind this unlikely trend—and how did a drug for heart disease become a ...