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Nir Barzilai | Targeting Aging with Metformin

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Metformin and Alzheimer's

There are clinical studies that are small and short, and associations on MCI. Okay, which is halfway to Alzheimer or risk for Alzheimer mild cognitively impairment. On Alzheimer's studies that have shown significant decline with midforming,. except some studies from the far east but it's really complicated because if met forming keeps you from dying, even if you have the disease. You kind of have to adjust for the life. In other words, more people with metformin are staying alive and getting to Alzheimer's. The only controversial one is prostate cancer. okay, some said yes, some says no, but all the association studies show decreasing cancer. And this is in a diabetic population.

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