News tagged with beta blockers
Adrenaline receptor 'frozen in action'
Adrenaline, the hormone that prepares our body to fight or flight, acts on a hyperdynamic receptor. This molecule switches so fast between several positions, that it was impossible to image it. Until now. Scientists, including ...
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Jan 12, 2011 |
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Low beta blocker dose can put patients at risk for subsequent heart attacks
For nearly 40 years a class of drugs known as beta blockers have been proven to increase patients' survival prospects following a heart attack by decreasing the cardiac workload and oxygen demand on the heart. In a breakthrough ...
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Oct 14, 2010 |
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Study finds beta blockers reduce risk of death after surgery
Surgical patients with known heart disease risks who are given beta blockers around the time of surgery have a significantly reduced risk of post-operative death compared with patients not given beta blockers, according to ...
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Sep 29, 2010 |
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Molecular 'playbook' for halting heart failure risk factor uncovered
Like a well-crafted football play designed to block the opposing team's offensive drive to the end zone, the body constantly executes complex 'plays' or sequences of events to initiate, or block, different actions or functions.
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Sep 23, 2010 |
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Quality of care up at US hospitals, report says
(AP) -- A report says treatment has improved substantially at U.S. hospitals for several ailments including heart attacks, pneumonia and children's asthma.
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Got statins? UF cardiologists recommend new use for old drug
Cardiologists at the University of Florida are pointing to a new use for an old therapy. Giving patients cholesterol-lowering statins before surgery and other invasive procedures can halve the risk of heart attacks, deaths ...
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Sep 16, 2010 |
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Targeting flight-or-fight hormone response to combat heart failure
We've all experienced the strong heartbeat that accompanies emotions such as fear and rage. But can the body's natural response to these emotions be used to combat heart failure? Results of a study published online today ...
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Jun 24, 2010 |
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Study finds beta blockers alone more effective for first variceal bleeding
A controlled trial conducted by researchers at the E-DA Hospital in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, suggests that a combination of band ligation and nadolol may not be the most effective prophylaxis for first variceal bleeding resulting ...
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Jun 09, 2010 |
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Beta-blockers may be associated with benefits in patients with lung disease
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may have fewer respiratory flare-ups and longer survival if they take beta-blocker medications, according to a report in the May 24 issue of Archives of Internal Me ...
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May 24, 2010 |
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Molecular imaging can identify a potentially deadly blood vessel condition, research suggests
According to research published in the May issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, molecular imaging can help physicians identify aortic dissection—an often fatal blood vessel condition—and help guide treatment. Aortic ...
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Apr 30, 2010 |
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Peptides Can Repair Damaged Heart Tissue
(PhysOrg.com) -- A startup company, CardioHeal, based in Brookline, MA has developed peptide drugs that can speed up the growth of new heart muscle cells.
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Apr 16, 2010 |
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Beta blocker therapy underused in heart failure patients
New Saint Louis University research has found that beta blockers, a class of drugs used to prevent the progression of heart failure and manage arrhythmias (irregular heart beat) and hypertension (high blood pressure), are ...
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Mar 04, 2010 |
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Studies unclear on role of pre-surgery beta blockers
In a commentary appearing in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, heart specialists at the University of Michigan Health System make a plea for clarity on the best approach for prescribing beta blocke ...
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Feb 09, 2010 |
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Hypertension: Beta-blockers effective in combination therapies
Using beta-blockers as a second-line therapy in combination with certain anti-hypertensive drugs significantly lowers blood pressure in patients with hypertension, according to a systematic review by Cochrane Researchers. ...
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Jan 19, 2010 |
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Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers
Physicians should "throttle back" from routinely ordering stress tests and prescribing beta blockers to patients before non-cardiac surgeries, according to a report by the University of Michigan released online this week.
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Dec 02, 2009 |
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