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Old 04-22-2005, 03:22 PM
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Metformin might be used to treat cancer

At diabetes UK annual conference it was released that metformin cuts risk of all cancers by 25%. The study was done be dundee university scotland and it found diabetics taking metformin had 25% less tumours than non diabetes of the same size group of people.

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Old 04-23-2005, 05:42 AM
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... Just read about this on BBC News. If I could go off meds I would. In a heart beat. But since I have to take them, this bit of news is encouraging. Usually I always see stuff that is quite upsetting about meds, etc.

Diabetes drug 'may stop cancers'
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Old 04-25-2005, 11:32 PM
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That's awesome! Thanks for the news on that. It's always good to hear when meds help with prevention of other conditions/illnesses!
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