High blood pressure affects nearly 50% of all American adults, an estimated 46.7%—and new high blood pressure guidelines, released earlier this month by the American Heart Association and the American ...

Cardiac arrhythmias following myocardial infarction (MI) predict poor outcome. β-blockers are effective ventricular antiarrhythmics and angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors can prevent both ...

Although switching is usually safe and well tolerated, physician judgment concerning individual patient requirements must be maintained. The dose of the first- or second-generation β blocker that the ...

In patients with hepatic cirrhosis, carvedilol was better at controlling portal hypertension and yielded a higher response rate than first-line therapy, propranolol. Among patients with hepatic ...

After many months of closely watched negotiations, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the list of negotiated prices for 10 drugs. This marks the first set of negotiations ...

As patients consider drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound and Mounjaro to treat obesity, experts say the choices are not so simple. By Gina Kolata Gina Kolata has reported on many facets of the new ...

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday to preserve access to the widely used abortion medication mifepristone. The case could’ve restricted access to mifepristone, including in states where ...

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have seemingly found one issue they can agree on: Drug costs are too high. Each is crediting himself with price-busting policy successes that ...