Can blood pressure drugs reduce the risk of dementia?
People taking the blood pressure drugs called beta blockers may be less likely to have changes in the brain that can be signs of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, according to a study released today that will ...
Neuroscience
Jan 07, 2013 |
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Study identifies potential new pathway for drug development
A newly found understanding of receptor signaling may have revealed a better way to design drugs. A study from Nationwide Children's Hospital suggests that a newly identified group of proteins, alpha arrestins, may play a ...
Medical research
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Expert: Time to break the beta blocker habit?
First developed in the 1950s, beta blockers have been a mainstay in medicine for decades, used to treat everything from heart disease to stage fright to glaucoma. But some older classes of beta blockers are ...
Cardiology
Nov 12, 2012 |
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Beta-blocker use not associated with lower risk of cardiovascular events
Among patients with either coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors only, known prior heart attack, or known CAD without heart attack, the use of beta-blockers was not associated with a lower risk of a composite of cardiovascular ...
Cardiology
Oct 02, 2012 |
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A quarter of our very elderly have undiagnosed treatable heart problems, research reveals
The very oldest in our society are missing out on simple heart treatments which can prolong and improve their quality of life, Newcastle heart experts say.
Cardiology
Jul 24, 2012 |
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Keeping one's eyes on the goal -- despite stress
Stressed people fall into habits and their behaviour is not goal-directed. That the neurotransmitter norepinephrine plays a decisive role here is now reported in the Journal of Neuroscience by scientists from Bochum led by ...
Neuroscience
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Study explains how heart attack can lead to heart rupture
For people who initially survive a heart attack, a significant cause of death in the next few days is cardiac rupture -- literally, bursting of the heart wall.
Cardiology
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Beta blockers may help COPD sufferers
(Medical Xpress) -- Beta blockers, the group of drugs commonly prescribed to patients with heart diseases, may also have considerable benefits for sufferers of diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema, according ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 12, 2011 |
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ACE inhibitors may increase risk of recurrence in breast cancer survivors
ACE inhibitors, commonly used to control high blood pressure and heart failure in women, may be associated with an increased risk of recurrence in women who have had breast cancer, according to a study by researchers at UCLA's ...
Cancer
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Fainting spells often tied to too many meds at once, study says
(HealthDay)—Taking too many medications at the same time could lead to repeated fainting episodes, a new study reveals.
Medications
Nov 05, 2012 |
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Early prophylactic tx beneficial for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
(HealthDay)—Beta blockers (BBs) are effective as an early prophylactic pharmacologic treatment for patients with mild hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) who have exercise-induced left ventricular outflow ...
Cardiology
Sep 10, 2012 |
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Two common blood pressure meds fare equally in preventing heart woes
(HealthDay)—In a review that compared two common heart drugs against each other, researchers found no difference between atenolol and metoprolol in terms of preventing stroke, heart attack or heart failure ...
Cardiology
Aug 27, 2012 |
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Anti-HTN drugs have distinct effect on central, brachial SBP
(HealthDay) -- A reduction in central to brachial amplification induced by some antihypertensive drugs may result in lesser reductions in central than brachial systolic blood pressure, according to research ...
Medical research
Jun 06, 2012 |
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Blood pressure drugs don't protect against colorectal cancer
A new study has found that, contrary to current thinking, taking beta blockers that treat high blood pressure does not decrease a person's risk of developing colorectal cancer. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journa ...
Cancer
May 14, 2012 |
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Beta Blockers could stop breast cancer spreading
(Medical Xpress) -- Cancer Research UK scientists are investigating whether beta-blockers hold the key to preventing breast cancer spread and improving survival. Promising early results will be presented on the eve of breast ...
Cancer
Sep 30, 2011 |
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