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SummaryYale Medicine suggested limiting caffeine intake and avoiding nicotine and alcohol near bedtime as treatments of long ...

Treatment with metformin was associated with a reduction in asthma attacks among patients with asthma and type 2 diabetes, ...

Trials in Europe, the United States, and Australia are underway to determine if the world’s most used diabetes drug could ...

Drugs already taken by millions of diabetes patients appear to also help slash asthma attacks by up to 70%, new research ...

Patients with treatment-resistant central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia saw improvement in symptoms and gene expression, ...

The mixed, counterintuitive results hinder trial interpretation, but along with ARREST-AF, experts still see actionable ...

Metformin is an insulin sensitizer that effectively acts against insulin resistance, one of the predominant metabolic defects in T2DM. A combination of repaglinide and metformin is indicated as an ...

Serious side effects of metformin are rare. Less serious side effects, like digestive issues and headaches, are common, but these usually go away with time. You can reduce the chances of side ...

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