As an alternative, some doctors have been prescribing metformin—an oral diabetes drug—off-label for weight loss. But how does ...

A new study warns that metformin, used to manage diabetes during pregnancy, could restrict fetal growth. Research involving primates showed that the drug crosses the placenta and accumulates in the ...

Scientists will explore if a chemical mostly found in red grapes – and products made from red grapes, such as wine and juice – can help prevent bowel cancer as part of a major new trial.The study – ...

A new study has found that metformin if taken during pregnancy could possibly restrict foetus growth, including a slow ...

LOS ANGELES — Metformin prescribed within a week of SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a 53% reduction in long COVID or death over 6 months in people without diabetes or prediabetes ...

A new, reassuring study finds that men can take the diabetes drug metformin without worrying that their offspring will suffer from birth defects. Recent research raised concerns that metformin ...

Oct 16 (Reuters) - Men can take the widely prescribed diabetes drug metformin without fear of causing birth defects in their children, according to results of a large study published on Wednesday.

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Weight loss can be a challenge, even for those who eat healthily and exercise regularly. But injectable type 2 diabetes ...

Office systolic and diastolic blood pressures after the run-in period were 153 (± 22) and 96 (± 4)mm Hg in the metformin group, and 153 (± 30) and 97 (± 9)mm Hg in the placebo group ...