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Research teams have identified, for the first time, where special receptors are located on heart muscle cells. Their findings open up new perspectives for developing therapies for chronic heart ...

Beta-blockers have been a heart care staple for decades, but not all are created equal. New research is clarifying how nebivolol and carvedilol differ in their mechanisms, benefits, and side effects.

In the heart there are two different subtypes of beta-adrenergic receptors - beta1 and beta2 - which are activated by the stress hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline. They both trigger the strongest ...