This is the second voluntary recall for extended-release metformin of 2021. 

The algorithm can help physicians make key decisions about a patient’s health, including whether or not it is time to consider statin therapy. 

The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology and World Heart Federation all collaborated on a new joint statement.

Has COVID-19 increased burnout among cardiologists and other physicians? Medscape aimed to find out, surveying more than 12,000 physicians from numerous specialties. 

The meta-analysis included data from 23 different studies. 

The mandate goes into effect on April 1. 

Calcium supplements, the researchers emphasized, should be prescribed with caution. 

Both groups agree on the importance of incidental masses and the need to address them but also indicated only a minority of organizations are taking active steps to do so.

Hospital leaders discouraged by COVID-19’s devastating toll on human life and wellbeing must also mind the price the crisis is exacting on their organization’s financial health.