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Metformin Use Tied to Lower Incidence of Death, Long COVID After COVID-19
After severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, prevalent metformin use is associated with a ...
Becker's Hospital Review6h
Studies point to 2 potential new metformin uses
A pair of recent studies highlighted two potential new uses for metformin, a Type 2 diabetes drug. One points to the drug possibly helping people living with HIV, and another shows the drug could ...
A Common Diabetes Drug Could Be a Fountain of Youth for Our Brains
Scientists in China have found evidence in monkeys that metformin can reliably slow down the brain's aging process.
ScienceAlert on MSN3h
Common Diabetes Medication Slows Brain Aging in Monkeys
Metformin is the main first-line drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, but a new study on monkeys suggests it could one day be ...
Singularity Hub3d
Elderly Monkeys Aged More Slowly When Given a Cheap Diabetes Drug Used by Millions
Scientists have long been interested in metformin, a widely prescribed drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes, for its potential ...
Type 2 Diabetes Drug Metformin May Help Reduce Viral Reservoir in People with HIV
Metformin, a common medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, may also help reduce the viral reservoir in people living with ...
How a low-cost diabetes drug metformin can slow ageing in male monkeys
The scientists have said much more research would be required before metformin can be approved as an anti-ageing compound in ...
Medscape13d
Metformin May Help Manage Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia, Study Suggests
Low-dose oral metformin was associated with symptomatic improvement, hair regrowth, and gene expression modulation in a case ...
Nature8d
The brain aged more slowly in monkeys given a cheap diabetes drug
Monkeys that received metformin daily showed slower age-associated brain decline than did those not given the drug.