Reuters Health Medical News|July 14, 2020 Among women with no prior history of cardiovascular disease, taking beta blockers for hypertension raises the risk of heart failure, a new study suggests. Among thousands of patients presenting to the hospital with acute coronary syndrome, more women taking beta blockers (21.3%) than men (16.7%) had heart failure, translating […]
Risk increases with the number of antihypertensive drugs taken WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Blood pressure medications may raise the risk of colorectal polyps, according to a study published online Sept. 10 in the Journal of Digestive Diseases. Yoshitaka Watanabe, from the University of Tokyo, and colleagues analyzed data from 1,318 consecutive patients […]
An analysis of data on nearly 15,000 patients found that treatment with beta-blockers was linked to a higher risk of stroke among patients with multiple heart disease risk factors but no history of a cardiovascular event. Researchers also found that use of beta-blockers was not linked to lower cardiovascular events in those with no history […]
Risk for Psoriasis Associated With Hypertension and Its Treatment RESEARCH · July 02, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this prospective cohort study using data from participants in the Nurses’ Health Study, the authors found a small, but significant, increased risk for psoriasis in individuals with hypertension for ≥6 years and in those on beta blockers for […]