Metformin is a go-to diabetes drug, and researchers are looking at whether it can be used as a cancer-fighting supplement, too.

When compared with sulfonylurea, another class of diabetes medication, they reported that using metformin increased the likelihood of reaching an age of 90 or older, known as exceptional longevity.

A commonly prescribed drug for diabetes, metformin, has a new side hustle. Besides helping to manage blood sugar in Type 2 diabetes, metformin can also fight off a type of cell that builds up in ...

Metformin is a cheap, easy-to-access drug that used for diabetes, weight loss, and even anti-aging. A new study found that it also reduced the risk of developing long COVID by 40% in some patients.

Metformin, the most widely prescribed drug in the world to treat Type 2 diabetes, may have other health benefits like anti-aging effects, experts say.

Marksans Pharma and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries recalled metformin this week due to high levels of a cancer-causing compound, according to the FDA.

Treatment with metformin during initial infection prevented Long COVID-19 in up to half of cases.

The anti-diabetic drug metformin has been shown to increase lifespan of some model organisms, but results have been conflicting. Here, Martin-Montalvo et al. administer one of two doses of ...

Metformin is the first-line drug that can lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients. One third of patients do not respond to metformin treatment and 5 per cent experience serious side ...

The diabetes drug metformin could prevent long covid, but whether it can also treat the condition in people who already have it is unclear. An estimated 65 million people worldwide have some ...

Metformin is the latest medication to be recalled due to concerns about a contaminant that may cause cancer. This time the contaminant is NDMA, which doesn’t stand for North Dakota-Massachusetts ...