A DRUG commonly prescribed to patients with type 2 diabetes could help transform the lives of people suffering from heart failure, according to research from a Scottish university.
It found metformin, the world's most commonly prescribed diabetes medicine, could have "very promising" benefits for some of the 100,000 patients in Scotland who suffer from heart failure.
The drug is already used to help reduce the complications of diabetes and is often prescribed to people, particularly those who are overweight, who have not been able to control their blood glucose levels through diet and exercise alone.
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