November 3, 2020

TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A cancer-causing compound in the drug metformin has resulted in the recall of two lots of the drug. Kansas City-based Nostrum Laboratories Inc., said Monday that it is voluntarily recalling its metformin HCl extended release tablets, USP 750 mg, according to a notice from the U.S. Food and...

TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology was held virtually this year from Oct. 22 to 25 and attracted participants from around the world, including nephrology specialists, researchers, scientists, and other health care professionals. The conference featured presentations focusing on the latest advances in the management...

TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — On any given day, 17.1 percent of U.S. adults aged 20 years and older were on a special diet in 2015 to 2018, according to a November data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. Bryan Stierman, M.D., M.P.H.,...

TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Elevated nighttime systolic blood pressure (BP) and a disrupted circadian pattern for BP are associated with an increased risk for certain cardiovascular events, such as heart failure, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in Circulation. Kazuomi Kario, M.D., Ph.D., from the Jichi Medical University School of...

TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2020 (HealthDay News) — History of heart failure is associated with an increased risk for mechanical ventilation and mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to a study published online Oct. 28 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Jesus Alvarez-Garcia, M.D., Ph.D., from the Icahn School of Medicine at...