The appellation “wonder drug” might even be an understatement, reckons Harvard Health’s Robert Shmerling, MD. But why?

Retta revealed that she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in July 2023, admitting that she “never thought” about the chronic ...

Dr. Crystal Aguh, a doctor at Johns Hopkins Medicine, is now using a diabetes medicine named metformin to combat hair loss in ...

After infection, prevalent metformin use is associated with a slightly lower incidence of mortality or long COVID.

After severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, prevalent metformin use is associated with a slightly lower incidence of death or postacute sequalae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC).

Metformin does not improve survival in unselected patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), but the drug may improve survival and other outcomes in those with high-volume ...

This is the first time Retta has spoken at length publicly about her diagnosis and she says she hopes that others are ...

The type 2 diabetes drug metformin helped slow aging across multiple organs, including the brain, kidneys, and the skin, a ...

Learn how a healthy diet can help optimize the effects of metformin, a common medication prescribed for type 2 diabetes.

Metformin is the main first-line drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, but a new study on monkeys suggests it could one day be ...

With metformin, I have diarrhea 24 hours a day. I am 82 and very active. I walk about six miles a day on average. I tried to tell my doctor about the severity of my problem, and with a smile, he said, ...

A pair of recent studies highlighted two potential new uses for metformin, a Type 2 diabetes drug. One points to the drug possibly helping people living with HIV, and another shows the drug could ...