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Can blood-sugar drug metformin cut Covid-19 death risk? – Daijiworld.com
New York, Dec 4 (IANS): Metformin, a generic medication for managing blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes, has been linked to significantly reduced Covid-19 death risks in women in an observational study.
It also reduces inflammation proteins like TNF-alpha that appear to make Covid-19 worse, said the research published in the journal The Lancet Healthy Longevity.
“Seeing a bigger association with protection in women over men may point towards inflammation reduction as a key way that metformin…
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