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by University of Minnesota Medical School edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Andrew Zinin  Editors’ notes  The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: CC0 Public Domain Multiple randomized clinical trials and electronic health record studies now show that metformin, a widely used and well-established medication, significantly reduces the risk of developing long COVID when taken during or shortly […]

by Kitta MacPherson, Rutgers University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A widely prescribed diabetes drug may be sabotaging one of the most trusted strategies for preventing the disease: exercise. That is the conclusion of a Rutgers-led study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, which found that metformin blunts critical

Metformin pills move through a sorting machine at a Laurus Labs Ltd. pharmaceutical plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Image credit Bloomberg/Getty Images Long COVID or post-COVID-19 condition is the long-term symptoms that can develop after experiencing COVID-19. One study found that starting metformin within three months of SARS-CoV-2 infection

by Kobe University edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Although metformin is the most widely prescribed diabetes drug in the world, its mechanism of action is still not clear. Kobe University endocrinologist Ogawa Wataru has now made significant progress, finding that it changes blood metal levels in humans. Credit: Kobe University The widely used diabetes drug

by Baylor College of Medicine edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Metformin 500mg tablets. Credit: public domain Although metformin has been the go-to medication to manage type 2 diabetes for more than 60 years, researchers still do not have a complete picture of how it works. Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and international collaborators have