Which Heart Scan Should You Get?

From eNewsletter 7/6/2026

DID YOU KNOW that a massive international study could upend 40 years of heart attack treatment? Researchers publishing in New England Journal of Medicine and European Heart Journal found that beta blockers, routinely prescribed after uncomplicated heart attacks, offered no real benefit for patients whose heart function remained normal, despite being given to millions worldwide.

Even more surprising, women taking the drugs faced a higher risk of death, repeat heart attack, or hospitalization for heart failure compared to women who didn’t receive them.

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