Metformin

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- Pancreatic cancer risk reduced by diabetes drug metformin - 5.8
- Metformin safe for patients with heart failure and diabetes - 5
- Avandia has no increased overall heart risk - 4.9
- Vitamin E or metformin not effective in liver disease in children teens - 4.6
- Diabetes drug metformin enhances cancer vaccine efficacy - 3.6
- New form of cholesterol revealed in people at high risk of heart disease - 2.5
- Avandia use is restricted for diabetes patients - 2.3

Metformin articles

Vitamin E or metformin not effective in liver disease in children teens
In contrast to previous preliminary data, use of vitamin E or the diabetes drug metformin was not superior to placebo on a measured outcome for treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children and adolescents.

Metformin safe for patients with heart failure and diabetes
A new study has shown that metformin, a drug often used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, is safe for use in treating patients who have both diabetes and advanced heart failure.

Pancreatic cancer risk reduced by diabetes drug metformin
The antidiabetic medication metformin is associated with a reduced risk of pancreatic cancer in diabetics, revealed by researchers. However, other commonly used therapies, such as insulin or insulin secretagogues, may be associated with increased risk.

Diabetes drug metformin enhances cancer vaccine efficacy
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers have found that a common anti-diabetic drug might enhance the effectiveness of vaccines. The findings are described this week in an advanced online publication of Nature.

Avandia has no increased overall heart risk
Clinical trial results presented at the American Diabetes Association annual meeting show that overall rates of cardiovascular hospitalization and cardiovascular death are similar in patients taking Avandia (rosiglitazone) compared to those receiving metformin and sulfonylurea.

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