The FDA has announced the recall of one brand of a popular type 2 diabetes drug, metformin, over a potentially cancer-causing impurity. Viona Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 23 lots ...

Metformin, commonly prescribed for Type 2 diabetes, may also help seniors recover from muscle loss due to injury or surgery. Getty Images. And new research, published in the journal Aging Cell ...

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.

Metformin helps increase energy production in cells by improving insulin sensitivity, and some believe that may be an important way in which it specifically helps prevent long COVID-19.