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

New research shows that weight loss medications can stop the progression of prediabetes. Experts don’t all agree on such a ...

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

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 ...

I am a 71-year-old man with a physically active lifestyle, and I have a strong passion to control my A1C and cholesterol levels by eating the right ...

I am a 71-year-old man with a physically active lifestyle, and I have a strong passion to control my A1C and cholesterol ...

WASHINGTON, DC (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 ...

A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology demonstrates that when the diabetes drug metformin is ...

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A major new trial has begun that will see scientists explore if a chemical mostly found in red grapes and products made from the grapes like wine can help prevent bowel cancer. The study called ...

The study will use a purified form of the natural compound, with the trial also testing if drugs like aspirin and metformin can prevent the disease.

A Cancer Research UK-funded trial is giving participants resveratrol as a potential prevention drug for bowel cancer. Resveratrol is a chemical mostly found in red grapes and products made from these ...