Metformin has been a go-to treatment for type 2 diabetes since the late 1950s for patients unable to control blood sugar through diet and exercise alone.
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CHRONIC DISEASES UNDERMINING HEALTH GAINS IN THE U.S.
The U.S. is losing ground to other peer countries in life expectancy over the past decade, and researchers blame the prevalence of chronic disease for the lack of momentum.
NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF ADULTS IN THE U.S. ARE CONSIDERED OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE
Americans keep getting fatter.
AS FORECAST: AMERICANS’ PHYSICAL HEALTH DECLINES AFTER COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS
Remember when your local “health official” closed schools and gyms, but kept open liquor stores in the name of “stopping the spread” of COVID-19?
VITAMIN D FOR COVID-19, DIABETES AND HEART HEALTH
Vitamin D levels affect the severity of COVID-19 infection and maintaining optimal levels may reduce symptoms and related long-term complications
HAVE DIABETES? EAT YOUR INSULIN
Borrowing a technique from plants, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s dental school have infused lettuce with the three proteins that make up insulin, the drug that controls symptoms of diabetes.