A new guideline recommends prescribing metformin when initiating an antipsychotic to help mitigate weight gain in certain ...

But Meridia lost the FDA's blessing when clinical trial data linked the drug to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

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Supplements are being recalled because they contain prescription diabetes drugs that could have fatal side effects.

Millions of people take metformin, a Type 2 diabetes medication that lowers blood sugar. The "wonder drug" has also been shown to slow cancer growth, improve COVID outcomes and reduce inflammation.

Until now, scientists have been unable to determine exactly how metformin works to lower blood sugar, reduce inflammation and ...

In use for some 60 years, scientists really didn't know exactly how metformin worked to lower blood sugar levels — until now.

News of Merck’s licensing of Hansoh’s preclinical medicine pressured shares in Viking and other obesity drug developers seen ...

HPH-15, a compound developed by Kumamoto University, reduces blood glucose and fat accumulation more effectively than ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University have developed HPH-15, a compound showing promise in treating type 2 diabetes. It reduces ...

More medicines for treating cancer, diabetes and mental health conditions are now exempted from the 12% value-added tax (VAT) ...