Diabetes

Can a Common Diabetes Medication Actually Slow Our Aging Process?

Can a Common Diabetes Medication Actually Slow Our Aging Process?

For over seventy years, a standard pill has been sitting in medicine cabinets across the world with one specific job: lowering blood sugar for patients with type 2 diabetes. But researchers now suspect we have severely underestimated it. A growing body of clinical evidence suggests that metformin—one of the most prescribed medications in history—might actually…