Women with type 2 diabetes who started on metformin rather than a sulfonylurea had roughly 30 percent lower odds of dying before age 90, according to a new study built on decades of data from the ...

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

A US team has linked metformin use in older women with type 2 diabetes to a 30% lower risk of dying before 90. But does this ...

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

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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 ...

Metformin was prescribed for only 3.7% of patients with prediabetes, even though it can help prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes, according to a new retrospective cohort analysis. "We were surprised ...

Metformin started for pre-diabetes also appeared to reduce patients' risk of developing gout, researchers found. Among 1,154 people with elevated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) just short of the threshold for ...

When Is the Best Time to Take Metformin? This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Timing is everything for many things in life — including when to take medication like ...

Periodontitis, a prevalent global health concern, results in the gradual destruction of tooth-supporting tissues and is often exacerbated by oxidative stress conditions and bacterial changes. Current ...