Not only can the drug metformin help to effectively manage type 2 diabetes, but it may also give older women a better chance ...

NICE recommends SGLT-2 inhibitors with metformin at diagnosis, citing major cardiovascular, renal, and mortality benefits.

Researchers say the type 2 diabetes medication metformin may help treat age-related macular degeneration, which could prevent ...

Two major trials show metformin taken during acute COVID-19 lowers long COVID risk, is safe, and could be added to outpatient ...

Around 200,000 people globally take this medication - here's what you need to know about possible side effects ...

Doctors are finding new hope for people at risk of losing their sight from age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. Research from the University of Liverpool suggests that metformin, a long-used ...

Metformin may reduce the risk of intermediate AMD by 37% in diabetic patients over 55. The study analyzed ocular images from 2,000 patients over five years, adjusting for key variables. Metformin's ...

A. Metformin has long been a first-line medication for Type 2 diabetes, but it is certainly not the only drug that can help control blood sugar. Ask your doctor whether sitagliptin or liraglutide ...

People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before age 40 face a higher lifetime risk of heart and kidney problems, so may benefit from adding another type of medicine called a GLP-1 receptor agonist (such ...

The NHS website describes serious side effects of metformin as "rare", occurring in "less than one in 10,000 people". If you ...