A large retinal imaging study suggests a common diabetes drug may help slow progression toward sight-threatening macular degeneration, though clinical trials are still needed to confirm any protective ...

Metformin has been prescribed for decades. Most people associate the drug with blood sugar control and type 2 diabetes. This misses a much larger conversation now happening in aging research and ...

Jelly Roll is opening up about what it took to lose nearly 300 lbs. In an interview with Men’s Health published in January 2025, he explained, “I just remember everyone telling me GLP-1s, or taking ...

Metformin makes it easier for women with the hormone disorder PCOS to get pregnant, and the mother often gets better throughout the pregnancy. Her children, however, have a markedly higher risk of ...

Metformin makes it easier for women with the hormone disorder PCOS to get pregnant, and the mother often gets better throughout the pregnancy. Her children, however, have a markedly higher risk of ...

A Garvan Institute of Medical Research-led clinical trial has found that using the type 2 diabetes (T2D) drug metformin reduces insulin needs in type 1 diabetes (T1D), a finding that could potentially ...

Metformin blunted exercise-induced improvements in vascular insulin sensitivity, aerobic fitness, inflammatory markers, and fasting glucose levels in adults at high risk for metabolic syndrome, ...

A common diabetes drug could dampen some of the key benefits of exercise, a new study has found. Researchers from Rutgers University discovered that adults who took metformin, a widely used generic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Metformin did not improve 6-minute walk distance in patients with peripheral artery disease but no diabetes.

NEW ORLEANS -- The diabetes drug metformin reduced recurrent arrhythmias after a first catheter ablation procedure for atrial fibrillation (Afib) in patients with overweight or obesity but without ...

Metformin, long trusted for diabetes, turns out to work in the brain too. By shutting down Rap1 in the hypothalamus, the drug lowers blood sugar more effectively than previously understood, opening ...

Metformin, the world’s most widely used diabetes drug, has long been recognized for its surprising range of benefits beyond lowering blood sugar, from reducing inflammation to lowering cancer risk.