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Metformin use reduces risk of death for patients with COVID-19 and diabetes


Credit: UAB
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Use of the diabetes drug metformin before a diagnosis of COVID-19 is associated with a threefold decrease in mortality in COVID-19 patients with Type 2 diabetes, according to a racially diverse study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Diabetes is a significant comorbidity for COVID-19.
This beneficial effect remained, even after correcting for age, sex, race, obesity, and hypertension or chronic kidney disease and heart failure, said Anath Shalev, M.D., director of UAB s Comprehensive Diabetes Center and leader of the study.
Since similar results have now been obtained in different populations from around the world including China, France and a UnitedHealthcare analysis this suggests that the observed reduction in mortality risk associated with metformin use in subjects with Type 2 diabetes and COVID-19 might be generalizable, Shalev said. ....

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The Old Guy: On a battle with diabetes, and starting the year with a commitment to your health


The Old Guy: On a battle with diabetes, and starting the year with a commitment to your health
Updated Jan 01, 2021;
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By Gary Moore | For the Staten Island Advance
I was immersed in an episode of my radio show when I heard a knock on my workroom door. I turned to see Joan standing the doorway.
And, she didn’t look happy.
“Where the hell did you go? You just disappeared!” she intoned.
“I told you I was going to finish up the last 10 minutes of my show,” I responded, then quickly checked in mentally to see if that was true. Yep I had a memory of standing in front of her and saying, “I’m going in to finish up the last 10 minutes of my show.” It happened. ....

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