Diabetes drugs may be doing more than managing blood sugar, they could also shape cancer biology in unexpected ways.

Apotex Inc. is voluntarily recalling nine additional lots of its prescription metformin drug, APO-METFORMIN ER (extended release) 500mg tablets. Company test results showed one of the lots (PY7174) ...

A new study has linked the use of GLP-1 drugs and metformin to a lower risk of developing certain obesity-related cancers in patients with Type 2 diabetes. The study, which was published Friday on the ...

Analysis of more than 1.5 million records of patients with type 2 diabetes casts light on the risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and potential benefits associated with antidiabetic treatment, ...

Issue: Products contain or may contain a nitrosamine impurity, N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), above or close to the acceptable limit. What to do: You should not stop taking your metformin drug without ...

Supplements like berberine, cinnamon, ginseng, and St. John’s Wort can affect how diabetes medications work. Learn the ...

Pharmaceutical company Apotex Inc. is recalling some of its diabetes medication after some was found to have elevated levels of a contaminant which has been identified as a human carcinogen. In a ...

Ozempic, or semaglutide, is a new obesity drug, delivered in the form of a hormone injection. Metformin is a pill that was first developed for type 2 diabetes. Both drugs can help people lose weight, ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it is currently investigating whether the metformin medications widely used to treat diabetes contain a potentially carcinogenic contaminant ...

Whether you have type 2 diabetes, obesity or just a few extra pounds that you’d like some help shedding, chances are you’re one of the millions of adults worldwide who heard about Novo Nordisk’s ...