The telehealth company Hims & Hers has made waves for its Super Bowl ad that plugged its lower-priced form of injectable semaglutide, the active ingredient in weight loss juggernauts Wegovy and ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (UPI) --Medical science continues to develop new and innovative ways to boost health and well-being, but a relatively old drug -- metformin -- may hold the key to human longevity and ...

Multiple randomized clinical trials and health record studies show that taking metformin during or soon after SARS-CoV-2 ...

Drugs already taken by millions of diabetes patients appear to also help slash asthma attacks by up to 70%, new research shows. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Drugs already taken by millions of ...

Metformin is particularly effective for people with diabetes or prediabetes who have obesity and have difficulty managing their blood sugar through lifestyle changes alone. Metformin is a widely used ...

Multiple randomized clinical trials and electronic health record studies now show that metformin, a widely used and ...

Metformin, a medication commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, helps the body regulate sugar in the bloodstream. Part of the class of drugs known as biguanides, metformin reduces the amount of sugar ...

Metformin use in some patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with cognitive impairment that might be alleviated with vitamin B 12 and calcium supplementation, a new study from Australia suggests.

In people with COVID-19, metformin reduced coronavirus levels in the body 4 times more than a placebo pill. There’s evidence that metformin might make COVID-19 less contagious. Because research is ...

Metformin makes it easier for women with the hormone disorder PCOS to get pregnant, and the mother often gets better throughout the pregnancy. Her children, however, have a markedly higher risk of ...

Metformin is a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. While some may notice fallout or thinning when taking this medication, the connection might not be what you think. So, does metformin cause ...

Metformin is an old drug. In its earliest form, it was an extract from lilacs and was purportedly used in the 1700s to treat what the French called “sweet urine disease,” which we now know as diabetes ...