Metformin, a drug prescribed to tens of millions of people with type 2 diabetes, is producing measurable shifts in molecular ...

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 ...

If you have type 2 diabetes, your health care provider may recommend metformin or Mounjaro to help manage your blood sugar.

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy may dominate the headlines, but they aren't the right fit for everyone. Between sky-high costs and the need for weekly injections, many of us are looking for ...

Already the go-to drug of choice for millions with type 2 diabetes, metformin might also fight lung cancer if those patients have it as well, new research shows. Metformin appears to help boost the ...

A decades-old diabetes drug that costs mere pennies to produce holds the potential to radically shift how we think about the human lifespan. Consistently namechecked by the biggest players in the ...

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 ...

The widely used diabetes drug metformin changes blood metal levels in humans. The Kobe University study is an important step in understanding the drug's many actions and designing better ones in the ...

Millions of people take metformin, a type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar. The "wonder drug" has also been shown to slow cancer growth, improve COVID outcomes and reduce inflammation.

The telehealth company Hims & Hers has made waves for its Super Bowl ad that plugged its lower-priced form of injectable semaglutide, the active ingredient in weight loss juggernauts Wegovy and ...