Antihypertensive drugs are associated with an increased risk for eczematous dermatitis in older adults, and the effect sizes are largest for diuretics and calcium channel blockers, according to a ...

New research has identified the specific biological mechanism behind the muscle dysfunction found in myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and further shows that calcium channel blockers can reverse these ...

Myotonic dystrophy is one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy. It is a genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and wasting. No treatments currently exist that slow the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Beta-blockers more effectively reduce risk for death or hospitalization in people with HFpEF compared with ...

Use of calcium channel blockers (CCBs), particularly cardioselective agents, had a modest but statistically significant association with glaucoma, a large meta-analysis showed. Overall, patients with ...

Little additional work has been performed beyond that of Lee et al. [1,3,10] to further investigate the proposed dual action of ibutilide. Our laboratory has sought to examine the effects of sodium ...

A woman with hopes to conceive was diagnosed with severe vasospastic angina (VSA); however, she was able to carry a healthy baby to full term without angina attacks after starting treatment of a ...

Pancreatic cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy have longer survival if they are also receiving calcium channel blockers (CCBs) for another health condition. The CCBs are thought to be ...