Not Hair Loss News – Diabetes Drug May Lower Risk of Prostate Cancer Death

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Metformin, a widely used diabetes drug, may reduce the risk of dying from prostate cancer, according to new research.

A study of nearly 4,000 diabetic men found that those taking metformin when diagnosed with prostate cancer were less likely to die of the cancer or other causes compared to men using other diabetes drugs.

“We demonstrated that metformin is associated with improved survival among diabetic patients with prostate cancer,” said Dr. David Margel, a uro-oncologist at Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, who conducted the research while at the University of Toronto.

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The article points out that the diabetic men (aged 67+) that took metformin had a 24 percent reduction in risk from prostate cancer death for every additional six months of use after their cancer diagnosis.