The diabetes drug you've heard of for 60 years just revealed a secret — it's been working on your brain all along.

The telehealth company Hims & Hers has made waves for its Super Bowl ad that plugged its lower-priced form of injectable semaglutide, the active ingredient in weight loss juggernauts Wegovy and ...

Metformin has been used for years to help people with Type 2 Diabetes control their blood sugar. Now, scientists have discovered that the drug also has a significant impact on the brain."It's been ...

A major discovery reveals that metformin works not just in the body, but in the brain. By switching off a key protein and activating specific neurons, the drug lowers blood sugar through a previously ...

A COMMON drug already given to millions of Brits could mimic the effects of “intense” exercise in people who can’t work out, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Used to treat Type 2 diabetes since the 1950s, metformin has in recent years been touted as a preventative medication for ...

Diabetes drug metformin may mimic exercise effects in prostate cancer, supporting weight, metabolism and overall health ...

A common diabetes drug may mimic one key effect of exercise in prostate cancer patients. Researchers found metformin boosts an “exercise molecule” linked to appetite and weight control, even in those ...

Metformin is an old drug. In its earliest form, it was an extract from lilacs and was purportedly used in the 1700s to treat what the French called “sweet urine disease,” which we now know as diabetes ...

A new study has found that metformin, a widely prescribed diabetes drug, may mimic one of exercise's core biological effects ...

Now, researchers say they’ve uncovered something that was hiding in plain sight: Part of the drug’s power over blood sugar comes from the brain. A team at Baylor College of Medicine has identified a ...