If you have type 2 diabetes, youve probably already been prescribed metformin, a common first-line treatment for the ...

Metformin for weight loss was prescribed to Jelly Roll by nurse practitioner Danese Raxroad to reduce triglycerides and improve insulin signaling during his transformation ...

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 ...

Common diabetes drugs may do more than regulate blood sugar—they could also influence how cancers grow, spread, or slow down.

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 ...

Adults with type 2 diabetes and cancer who used a GLP-1 had a lower risk for death and hospitalization compared with adults ...

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 ...

Metformin has been helping patients with Type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar for more than two decades, but now researchers led by McGill University are investigating a new use for the drug: to ...

A popular diabetes drug could be linked to major birth defects, according to researchers. In a study from Stanford University, the University of Southern Denmark and Copenhagen University, published ...

Metformin, a prescription drug for people with type II diabetes, helps maintain blood glucose levels. Apotex Inc., a Canadian pharmaceutical corporation, is voluntarily recalling some batches of its ...