Until now, scientists have been unable to determine how metformin, a Type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar, works. A study provided direct evidence in mice that it reversibly cuts the ...

A new guideline recommends prescribing metformin when initiating an antipsychotic to help mitigate weight gain in certain ...

Millions of people take metformin, a Type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar. The "wonder drug" has also been shown to slow cancer growth, improve COVID outcomes and reduce inflammation.

A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that metformin which is frequently used to ...

CHICAGO --- Millions of people take metformin, a Type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar. The “wonder drug” has also been shown to slow cancer growth, improve COVID outcomes and ...

Study authors Navdeep Chandel and Colleen Reczek in the lab at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Credit: Northwestern University A Northwestern Medicine study has discovered that ...

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Already the go-to drug of choice for millions with type 2 diabetes, metformin might also fight lung cancer if those patients have it as well ...