Growing research indicates that metformin could help prevent and treat colorectal cancer, which is rapidly on the rise in younger generations. As Best Life previously explained, “Metformin is an oral blood glucose-lowering drug used to treat type 2 diabetes.” And now, researchers say the tablet could also have positive effects on lowering dementia and Alzheimer’s risks in obese adults.

Some people could lower their dementia risk with metformin treatment.

The common diabetes drug metformin can protect against dementia and Alzheimer’s in overweight and obese adults, according to new research published in the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. The medication was also linked to “significantly lower risks” of mortality.

To arrive at these findings, the scientists assigned 452,777 indi

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