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Diabetes Drug Metformin Slows Aging But…

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Diabetes drug Metformin is one of the most affordable and widely prescribed prescription drugs available for the treatment of diabetes type 2. Could it also help delay aging and extend the lifespan of healthy individuals? A study published today in Cell revealed that it certainly can — at least if you’re a tiny worm called… Read more »

Metformin: Diabetes Drug Could Help Fight Ovarian Cancer

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Metformin, a common diabetes drug, could be used as an effective treatment for ovarian cancer. Mayo Clinic researchers discovered that patients with both diabetes and ovarian cancer lived longer than women who had cancer only and were not taking Metformin, Fox News reports. Scientists have reportedly been searching for a possible link between the diabetes… Read more »

Diabetes Drug Metformin May Be A Cancer Fighter

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Inexpensive diabetes pill Metformin could do double duty as a cancer treatment. Metformin is the subject of about 50 ongoing studies around the world to determine whether it could play a role in the fight against cancer. Scientific data already indicates that that the drug may prevents tumors in mice. If clinical trials are successful,… Read more »

Diabetes Drug May Hold Promise For Alzheimer’s, Research Finds

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Diabetes drug metformin is currently used to keep the common blood sugar ailment in check, but research reveals that the medication may also one day be useful in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The diabetes drug metformin has in the past been linked to possible cancer benefits, but a new study out of Canada involving… Read more »