Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Patients on ACE inhibitors, ARBs, don't have higher COVID-19 risk

While the COVID-19 pandemic left the world searching for answers during the earliest stages of the pandemic, one immediate healthcare concern regarded the use of certain antihypertensives—and whether they posed increased ...

Neuroscience

Drug combo slows heart decline in muscular dystrophy

Early use of available heart failure drugs slows the progressive decline in heart function before symptoms are apparent in boys and young men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to a new study published online ...

Medications

Could heart medications increase COVID-19 risk?

During infection, SARS-CoV-2 binds to a cellular receptor known as angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) before entering a cell and replicating. Because it is not well established whether common blood pressure medications ...

Cardiology

Societies release guideline update for heart failure therapies

In a guideline update published today, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Heart Failure Society of America detail the groups' recommendations for the use of two new heart failure medications.

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