New research suggests that using the diabetes drug metformin for COVID-19 could help lower the risk of long Covid symptoms and improve its recovery time by as much as 41%, according to data presented ...

Metformin, a relatively inexpensive generic medicine, is typically the first drug prescribed for Type 2 diabetes, by far the more prevalent form of the ... strengthens the new study's results ...

Evidence suggests that combining metformin with standard of care could increase survival and offer other benefits to patients with high-volume disease.

A common diabetes medication, metformin, slows the growth of precancerous cells in the oesophagus while some metabolic conditions accelerate it, suggests a new study. A ketogenic diet restored ...

Objective: To evaluate the effect of metformin on blood pressure and insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic, moderately obese, hypertensive patients. Patients and Methods: An 8-week double-blind ...

Metformin has long been the cornerstone of therapy for glycemic control in patients with Type 2 diabetes worldwide. It is recommended as first-line therapy by all major diabetes clinical practice ...

Similarly, in Taiwan, congenital malformations were found in 79,278 (3.1%) offspring of fathers who did not use metformin, compared with 512 (3.4%) offspring of fathers who used metformin.

The rise in type 2 diabetes has become a significant public health concern in recent years. This form of diabetes happens ...

A new, reassuring study finds that men can take the diabetes drug metformin without worrying that their offspring will suffer from birth defects. Recent research raised concerns that metformin ...

There is another form of advanced AMD called geographic ... In that study, her team gave metformin to mice and then induced AMD lesions, or damaged spots on the retina with new vessel formation, a ...

“These new preclinical data show that selectively inhibiting myostatin in combination with metformin increased lean ... Rock’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30 ...