New research now suggests that stopping diabetes drug metformin early may up the risk of developing thinking and memory problems as patients age. File Photo by Brian Kersey/UPI Millions of people with ...

Ozempic, or semaglutide, is a new obesity drug, delivered in the form of a hormone injection. Metformin is a pill that was first developed for type 2 diabetes. Both drugs can help people lose weight, ...

In a previous mouse study, the same research team found a protein in the brain called Rap1, which impacted how glucose is ...

Metformin use was associated with a decreased risk of cancer in some studies included in a meta-analysis. Metformin use may decrease the risk of cancer, but more research is needed to confirm this ...

Dual therapy with metformin and GLP-1 RAs is associated with a lower risk for adiposity-related cancers and mortality than ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults who received metformin after being diagnosed with COVID-19 had a reduced risk for developing long COVID.

Use of firstline type 2 diabetes medication, metformin, has been linked to a lower risk of dementia in obese patients. The corresponding study was published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. A ...

A Thai hospital’s new fast-track dialysis protocol cut deaths from a rare metformin complication nearly in half. The study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Metformin lowered the risk for long COVID in adults with overweight or obesity across several analyses. More ...

Millions of people with diabetes take the drug metformin to control their blood sugar levels. Meant to be taken for the long term, new research now suggests that stopping it early may up the risk of ...