World-First Study Reveals Human Hearts Can Regenerate After a Heart Attack

For the first time, scientists have shown that heart muscle cells can regrow after a heart attack in humans, a process that ...
CNN

After a heart attack, beta-blockers are often a lifelong medicine. Maybe they shouldn’t be

For decades, surviving a heart attack has come with a lifelong prescription: Stay on medications called beta-blockers to help protect your heart. But doctors are taking a closer look at whether ...
AOL

Beta-blockers: One year of treatment may be enough after heart attack

Researchers estimate that over 17.9 million people globally die each year from cardiovascular diseases, such as myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack. Now, a new study presented at the ...
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Breakthrough intramuscular injection speeds heart attack recovery

For a heart just damaged by a blocked artery, timing matters. So does access. That is what makes a new experimental treatment stand out: instead of being delivered directly to the heart, it is ...
New York Post

Ozempic-style drugs could slash complication risks after heart attacks, research suggests

A popular class of weight-loss drugs may prevent life-threatening cardiac complications by opening microscopic blood vessels that often remain blocked after a heart attack, according to a study ...
Medical Xpress

Stopping beta-blockers after heart attack is safe for low-risk patients, study finds

Among stable, relatively low-risk patients who had previously suffered a heart attack, discontinuing beta-blockers after at least one year was found to be non-inferior, or comparable, to continuing ...