A new study out of Europe has called into question the effectiveness of beta blockers, one of the most frequently prescribed ...

These blood-pressure-lowering drugs can calm the rapid heartbeat, shaky voice and trembling hands that can wreck a ...

The drug is used to treat mental health conditions like anxiety, but could have bad side effects for female patients ...

Beta blockers, traditionally used to treat high blood pressure, have become the go-to medication for anxiety — but they are helpful in “limited situations,” an expert tells PEOPLE.

A new, long-term study recently released in the New England Journal of Medicine has cardiologists in Western Pennsylvania ...

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 ...

Doctors are reassessing decades of standard treatment for patients who have had heart attacks after new research shows ...

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 ...

Beta blockers are not an effective treatment for clinically diagnosed anxiety disorders or phobias, said Martin Antony, chair of the psychology department at Toronto Metropolitan University.A 2025 ...

Across several clinical outcomes, including 28-day mortality, beta-blocker esmolol was more effective than standard care and landiolol in adults with septic shock, according to findings presented at ...