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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 ...
ScienceAlert on MSN5h
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...