A diabetes pill that costs less than a dollar a day is quietly becoming one of the most studied drugs in modern medicine.

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 ...

Best known as a type 2 diabetes treatment, metformin is also being investigated for its possible effects on PCOS and ageing.

Researchers tested the drug on 40 adults with long-term type 1 diabetes in the Insulin Resistance in Type 1 Diabetes Managed ...

A surprising new clinical trial has revealed that metformin—a cheap, century-old drug widely used for type 2 diabetes—may help people with type 1 diabetes in an unexpected way. While researchers ...

Whether you have type 2 diabetes, obesity or just a few extra pounds that you’d like some help shedding, chances are you’re one of the millions of adults worldwide who heard about Novo Nordisk’s ...

Updates to NICE type 2 diabetes treatment recommendations and how nurses in primary care can implement the changes safely and ...

Share on Pinterest Metformin, a common medication used to treat type 2 diabetes, may also help reduce the viral reservoir in people living with HIV who are undergoing antiretroviral therapy. Francis ...

Researchers found that certain immune cells, genes, and the drug metformin may help keep HIV dormant after treatment stops, ...

Metformin use in some patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with cognitive impairment that might be alleviated with vitamin B 12 and calcium supplementation, a new study from Australia suggests.

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 ...