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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 ... CNN on MSN: After a heart attack, beta-blockers are often a lifelong medicine.

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Maybe they shouldn’t be After a heart attack, beta-blockers are often a lifelong medicine. Maybe they shouldn’t be AOL: Beta-blockers: One year of treatment may be enough after heart attack People who have had a heart attack may be able to safely discontinue beta-blocker use after a year if they are at low-risk for cardiovascular events, according to a new study. Yahoo: Healing after a heart attack: New injection could help reverse damage Columbia University scientists developed a two-step RNA therapy that may repair cardiovascular tissue after a heart attack by turning muscles into a "healing protein factory." ... The Irish News on MSN: 1m to get ‘life-changing’ weight loss drugs to prevent heart attacks and strokes 1m to get ‘life-changing’ weight loss drugs to prevent heart attacks and strokes Science Daily: This common gout drug may slash heart attack and stroke risk A major new study reveals that treating gout may do far more than ease painful joint flare-ups—it could also protect the heart.