Since the 1990s
, doctors have prescribed the drug metformin to treat type 2 diabetes
, but scientists didn't fully understand how it worked.
Now, new research fills in one piece of the puzzle: Me… [+5133 chars]
We may finally understand how metformin lowers blood sugar, animal study finds - Livescience.com
The common diabetes drug metformin works partly by excreting sugar from the bloodstream into the intestines, where gut bacteria then convert it into chemicals that improve the insulin response.
By:Kamal Nahas
Source:Live Science
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