Researchers say the type 2 diabetes medication metformin may help treat age-related macular degeneration, which could prevent ...

In A Nutshell Metformin, a common diabetes medication costing less than $10 monthly, was linked to 37% fewer cases of ...

A common drug may be able to cure a common illness. Around one in four people have developed long-haul symptoms of COVID-19, ...

Diabetes medication, metformin, is linked to less progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). | Drug Discovery And ...

This finding was based on the results of a study published in BMJ Open Ophthalmology1 that patients with diabetes who were ...

The authors emphasize that none of the studies examined metformin as a treatment for already-established long COVID. Rather, ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (UPI) --Medical science continues to develop new and innovative ways to boost health and well-being, but a relatively old drug -- metformin -- may hold the key to human longevity and ...

Drugs already taken by millions of diabetes patients appear to also help slash asthma attacks by up to 70%, new research shows. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Drugs already taken by millions of ...

Metformin is an old drug. In its earliest form, it was an extract from lilacs and was purportedly used in the 1700s to treat what the French called “sweet urine disease,” which we now know as diabetes ...

Metformin, a medication commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, helps the body regulate sugar in the bloodstream. Part of the class of drugs known as biguanides, metformin reduces the amount of sugar ...

Two major trials show metformin taken during acute COVID-19 lowers long COVID risk, is safe, and could be added to outpatient ...