Day 1,377: Metformin

The Targeting Ageing with Metformin trial (tame) will follow 3,000 Americans in their 60s and 70s to see whether the drug does in fact aid survival overall.

Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect

Artwork of the day 
Genetiese Heimwee / Genetic Longing
Marlene Dumas
Date: 1984
Style: Neo-Expressionism
Genre: portrait

Word of the day 
Metformin: a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus (= a severe type of diabetes in which the body cannot use glucose)

Quote of the day
“Sulfonylureas and metformin Several pills are available for the drug treatment of type 2 diabetes. The sulfonylurea class work by stimulating the pancreas to produce more insulin to lower blood sugars. All drugs in this class are well known to cause weight gain.”― Jason Fung, The Obesity Code