Calcium channel blockers don't let as much calcium get into the cells of your heart muscle and blood vessels. This relaxes the heart and allows blood vessels to widen. Your heart doesn't have to ...

Calcium channel blockers block the small pores in cells (called L-type calcium channels) that allow calcium to move in and out, and widen blood vessels as well as affect the activity of nerve cells.

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is the most common cardiovascular risk factor. It describes a condition ...

The side effects of high blood pressure meds you shouldn't ignore with seven warning signs that mean your medication needs ...

Blocking calcium channels in brain capillaries may enhance blood flow and alleviate early-stage Alzheimer's damage, new study suggests. Study: Inhibiting Ca 2+ channels in Alzheimer’s disease ...

NEW YORK, July 31 (Praxis Press) Cardiovascular outcomes have not been compared in hypertensive patients treated with calcium channel blockers and in patients treated with older drugs. Hansson and ...

Wilmington, Delaware, United States, May 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global calcium channel blockers (CCB) market is forecast to be valued at US$ 24 billion, expected to incline at a value ...

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major risk factor for heart attacks, strokes, and other serious health problems.

If you take a type of blood pressure medicine called calcium channel blockers (CCBs), a new study suggests you might face a ...

The involvement of the calcium channel in muscle dysfunction presented an opportunity and a target -- calcium channel blockers are widely used to treat, among other things, high blood pressure ...

Kastner and colleagues focused on 427,480 U.K. Biobank participants (recruited from 2006 to 2010) who had undergone eye exams (mean age 58 years, 54.1% women, 94.8% white).