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After 40 Years, Heart Doctors Say Beta Blockers May Do More Harm Than Good

After 40 Years, Heart Doctors Say Beta Blockers May Do More Harm Than Good

A groundbreaking international trial has found beta blockers don’t help most heart attack patients with preserved heart function, despite being standard care for decades. Even more concerning, women given the drug faced higher risks of death and complications. Credit: Stock For over 40 years, beta blockers have been prescribed to heart attack survivors as a standard treatment. But the massive …

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