Could a Decades-Old Diabetes Drug Help the Body Age More Slowly?
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Study: A treatment for diabetes and obesity could slow down agingA treatment in the class of GLP-1 receptor agonists, currently mainly used for diabetes and obesity, has prolonged life span and slowed down several biological changes associated with aging in a healthy environment.
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Currently, medical experts do not recommend metformin for healthy individuals for longevity and warn against self-prescribing. Cutler said it is too premature to recommend that everyone use metformin for its purported longevity benefits. “Metformin has been used for diabetes for almost a hundred years. It is generally safe, well-tolerated, cheap, and effective for treating diabetes [...]
Could a Decades-Old Diabetes Drug Help the Body Age More Slowly?
A familiar diabetes pill could hold the power to slow the biological forces that leave the body increasingly vulnerable to disease as it ages. What if a drug already prescribed to millions of people could do more than control blood sugar? For years, researchers have wondered whether metformin, one of the world’s most widely used [...]
A recent study suggests that metformin, a medicine widely used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, can have beneficial effects on the aging process. The research, published in Aging magazine, analyzes how the...
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