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

Department of Radiation Oncology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China ...

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

There’s been lots of attention on type 2 diabetes drugs recently, especially since they might also be able to support weight ...

A recent study led by researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, US and published in the journal American Journal of ...

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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 ...

Global diabetes rates have surged, particularly in low-resource areas, revealing critical gaps in treatment access and ...

There are many mechanisms at work here, but the blood sugar increase is probably secondary to the weight gain, rather than ...