For millions of people who live with racing thoughts and a pounding heart, help might already be sitting in the medicine ...

As a front-line treatment for type 2 diabetes, metformin is among the most widely prescribed drugs in the United States. In 2021 alone, clinicians wrote more than 91 million orders for the medication ...

Some laboratories voluntarily recalled certain lots of the prescription drug Metformin Extended Release (ER) because it may contain N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) above an acceptable intake limit.

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

Diabetes drug metformin may reduce the risk of a serious eye disease (macular degeneration) by 37%, helping diabetes patients ...

Doctors have discovered that a common diabetes medicine called metformin might help prevent one of the leading causes of blindness in older adults.

Metformin is an oral prescription drug widely used to control blood sugar in type 2 diabetes. Recently, studies have found several other potential health benefits of the drug, including fighting ...

A new study from the University of Pennsylvania brings relief to women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). It shows that taking birth control pills—either alone or with the diabetes drug ...