Diabetes Obes Metab November 2014 PMID 25041462

Can people with type 2 diabetes live longer than those without? A comparison of mortality in people initiated with metformin or sulphonylurea monotherapy and matched, non-diabetic controls.

C A Bannister, S E Holden, S Jenkins-Jones, C Ll Morgan, J P Halcox, G Schernthaner, J Mukherjee, C J Currie

Full text PDF Download social card

Mentions

201

Peak: 25 in Feb 2022

across 7 sources since Sep 2019

Extended reach

2,940,926

potential audience

Total likes

40,825

Video views

1,728,954

Mentions per month

Sep 2019 – Aug 2025

Where it's discussed

X / Twitter97 posts
News59 articles
Facebook18 posts
Blogs17 articles
YouTube7 videos
Reddit2 posts
Bluesky1 posts

AI synopsis

What people are saying

Discussions reveal a strong interest in the possibility that metformin could extend lifespan, exemplified by users mentioning specific studies like Bannister et al. (2014) and the TAME trial, and expressing curiosity about its broader health effects, with a tone that balances skepticism and optimism that signals meaningful engagement and recognition of impact.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions support the idea that metformin may promote longevity, referencing studies like Bannister et al. (2014) and the TAME trial, though some express skepticism about the extrapolation to non-diabetics.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high curiosity, with many referencing videos explaining metformin's potential, and users actively engaging with study details and implications.

EngagementHigh engagement

Participants analyze the study's findings, question causation versus correlation, and discuss potential benefits beyond diabetes management, indicating deep engagement.

ImpactModerate impact

While some see the findings as potentially transformative, especially given the cost-effectiveness of the drug, others remain cautious, reflecting moderate perceived impact before definitive proof.

Abstract in brief

The study aimed to determine whether increased cardiovascular risk and mortality in diabetes patients was due to harmful effects of sulphonylureas or beneficial effects of metformin by comparing all-cause mortality in patients treated with either drug.
Researchers analyzed data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, comparing 78,241 patients on metformin, 12,222 on sulphonylureas, and 90,463 matched non-diabetic individuals over a total follow-up period of 503,384 years.
Findings indicated that patients on metformin had better survival rates than matched non-diabetic controls, while those on sulphonylureas faced a significant reduction in survival compared to both metformin patients and non-diabetic individuals.

Read the full abstract

All mentions

Exploring Metformin: Anti-Aging Potential and Current Research

Metformin is an old, inexpensive drug primarily used for diabetes management, now gaining attention for its potential anti-aging benefits. In this video, we discuss the research surrounding metformin, including its…

Cleo Abram · Feb 1, 2022 1,322,754 views

Exploring Anti-Aging Drugs and Lifespan Extension Studies

Discover real anti-aging drugs in this video. We delve into the effects of various substances such as rapamycin, metformin, and the impactful role of 17-a-estradiol in extending lifespan based on recent studies. Learn…

Andrew Steele · Aug 31, 2023 152,060 views

Exploring Aging Pathways: Lifestyle, Diet, and Autophagy Insights

Recent research has advanced our understanding of aging mechanisms and their effects on longevity. This video examines multiple strategies, including lifestyle and diet, that could enhance healthspan by interacting with…

Mic the Vegan · Jul 25, 2020 114,522 views

Effects of Rapamycin on Skin Aging and Health

Aging significantly increases the risk of diseases like cardiovascular issues, cancer, and dementia. This video explores a study where rapamycin was tested on participants over 40 showing signs of skin aging, revealing…

Physionic · Dec 6, 2023 74,072 views

Metformin and Sulphonylurea Impact on Mortality and Longevity

The study investigates whether increased cardiovascular risk and mortality in diabetes patients are due to sulphonylureas or benefits of metformin. Data shows metformin users have better survival rates than…

Physionic · Jun 26, 2024 49,656 views

Metformin's Impact on Longevity in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

This study compares mortality rates of type 2 diabetes patients treated with metformin or sulphonylureas to non-diabetic controls, highlighting potential benefits of metformin for longevity and the risks associated with…

Physionic · Dec 28, 2023 15,677 views

Understanding Aging: Biological, Systemic, and Statistical Perspectives

This video explores the question why we age at four levels of complexity using stories, biology, statistics, and systems biology to provide a comprehensive understanding of aging.

Peter Allen · Mar 30, 2024 215 views

Adam Galas

@adamgalas.bsky.social · Bluesky

youtu.be/sFbghkE0WYo?... This is one of the cheapest and most effective drugs on Earth but of course there is no magic pill.

Aug 21, 2025 · 1 share View post →

Chuck Frasher

@ChuckFrasher · X

@davidasinclair David Sinclair https://t.co/vmbdCFyeCN https://t.co/VN6ibzEpKv https://t.co/U0BkU1irZP https://t.co/44NfnvGi3Z https://t.co/Jp5fOjhBcb https://t.co/XjhwQ2ELzi https://t.co/eZ8m3IO72D

Jul 18, 2025 · 26 followers View post →

Chuck Frasher

@ChuckFrasher · X

@siimland @davidasinclair https://t.co/vmbdCFyeCN https://t.co/VN6ibzEpKv https://t.co/U0BkU1irZP https://t.co/44NfnvGi3Z https://t.co/Jp5fOjhBcb https://t.co/XjhwQ2ELzi https://t.co/eZ8m3IO72D

Jul 18, 2025 · 26 followers View post →

Hopehood.org

@dotails · X

## Immortality Theater Nobody knows what works best for your body, but we can't let anything keep us from trying our best. Here's some ideas about health I've found. https://t.co/abmxIr13f4

May 22, 2025 · 81 followers View post →

ᯅ

@teel0ck · X

Metformin, the Big New "Anti-Aging" Drug, Explained https://t.co/Ik5kcNlqRw via @YouTube

Apr 30, 2025 · 785 followers View post →

赤い炊飯ジャー（shin1_s）

@shin1_s · X

Can people with type 2 diabetes live longer than those without? https://t.co/ljTM5jyM0A

Apr 21, 2025 · 198 followers View post →

waz

@_waztra · X

https://t.co/eiY0ued5YL

Jan 8, 2025 · 977 followers View post →

Hopehood.org

@dotails · X

## Immortality Theater Nobody knows what works best for your body, but we can't let anything keep us from trying our best. Here's some ideas about health I've found. https://t.co/abmxIr13f4

Oct 24, 2024 · 81 followers View post →

luis hernan graffe

@hernangraffe · X

https://t.co/PvVTXOFPUC

Oct 22, 2024 · 3,143 followers View post →

Health on a Budget

@healthonabudget · X

Is metformin the new anti-aging drug? https://t.co/1wpnf7YCna

Oct 20, 2024 · 4,489 followers View post →

DANVZLA

@danvzla · X

Metformin, the Big New "Anti-Aging" Drug, Explained https://t.co/VBaiykRYRE via @YouTube

Oct 3, 2024 · 746 followers View post →

Brian Goodman

@BrianGo11111623 · X

https://t.co/Kcbzik6jVG

Sep 16, 2024 · 2 followers View post →

BillOckham

@BillOccham0 · X

@Madam_Mito That’s NOT a trial but observational data 2nd It’s not true as shown here: https://t.co/UDMtnSbSge And least but MOST important - plenty of life extended signalling paths https://t.co/EiJaxjqooA

Sep 13, 2024 · 593 followers View post →

Hopehood.org

@dotails · X

## Immortality Theater Nobody knows what works best for your body, but we can't let anything keep us from trying our best. Here's some ideas about health I've found. https://t.co/abmxIr13f4

Jul 18, 2024 · 81 followers View post →

luis hernan graffe

@hernangraffe · X

https://t.co/EyIRVweOq1

Jun 7, 2024 · 3,143 followers View post →

Jordan Curl

@JordanCurlMD · X

TAME Trial https://t.co/AfsfwUflKc Keys et al. (2022) https://t.co/9qy2Lhqvvw Bannister et al. (2014) https://t.co/GPw4bEfasD

May 21, 2024 · 1 like · 1,802 followers View post →

Pee Baa

@Pee_Baaa · X

@OkieLibSherry @EvolaVonValor @_celia_bedelia_ I guess type 2 diabetes must be healthy since they live longer if on metformin than no diabetics lol. Jfc it’s almost like medical interventions work lol.

Dec 24, 2023 · 114 followers View post →

Mind Your Science!

@MindYourSci · X

RT @agingdoc1: Can people with type 2 diabetes live longer than those without? A comparison of mortality in people initiated with metformin…

Dec 15, 2023 · 3 shares · 133 followers View post →

frank

@frankwikson · X

RT @agingdoc1: Can people with type 2 diabetes live longer than those without? A comparison of mortality in people initiated with metformin…

Dec 14, 2023 · 3 shares · 28 followers View post →

Agingdoc

@agingdoc1 · X

Can people with type 2 diabetes live longer than those without? A comparison of mortality in people initiated with metformin or sulphonylurea monotherapy and matched, non-diabetic controls (2014) https://t.co/wu0eCQfOIr

Dec 14, 2023 · 3 likes · 3 shares · 41,316 followers View post →

Yuji Marutani Planning Director

@YujiMarutani · X

Can people with type 2 diabetes live longer than those without? A comparison of mortality in people initiated with metformin or sulphonylurea monotherapy and matched, non‐diabetic controls - Bannister - 2014 - Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism - Wiley https://t.co/8SeCyQOHDE

Dec 6, 2023 · 1,586 followers View post →

alinthemind

@alinthemind · X

https://t.co/clTUy2Mjv1

Nov 29, 2023 · 448 followers View post →

Alessiana

@Alessiana · X

RT @DavidRoweWTL: "Conclusions: Patients with type 2 diabetes initiated with metformin monotherapy had longer survival than did matched, n…

Sep 11, 2023 · 1 share · 2,196 followers View post →

DavidRowe ⧖ - Caution, you may encounter nuance.

@DavidRoweWTL · X

"Conclusions: Patients with type 2 diabetes initiated with metformin monotherapy had longer survival than did matched, non-diabetic controls." {From a total censored follow-up period of 503,384 years.} (Big Study). https://t.co/Mjh92gnWPT

Sep 11, 2023 · 1 share · 5,782 followers View post →

ParshPolit

@ParshPolit · X

@RealCandaceO I’m loving Shot in the Dark and I’m wondering what do you think about Metformin? I watched this video on it: https://t.co/x1gQfjuVTO

Jul 5, 2023 · 14 followers View post →

VAUBAN Sébastien Le Prestre

@Vauban059 · X

RT @AlexSamTG: La publi décrite dans le docu, c'est celle-ci : https://t.co/dTSEtaJ2C2 Elle a pratiqué un ajustement pour atteindre non pas…

Jun 1, 2023 · 3 shares · 530 followers View post →

Sixers

@sixers2772 · X

@Outdoctrination

May 23, 2023 · 1 like · 3,212 followers View post →

Laszlo Levay Trump best president

@levis3331 · X

https://t.co/Yrz9HH1YGD https://t.co/Y8qLRnXQL2

May 15, 2023 · 1,655 followers View post →

Esam Shahlol, MD

@EsamShahlol · X

@AMCGME11 @DrAlkhodairy في الحقيقة مرضى السكر من النوع الثاني الذين يأخذون جلوكوفاج (ميتفورمين) يعيشون حياة صحية مثل أو أطول من غير المصابين بالسكر. ألمصدر: https://t.co/45LTS9zfph

Feb 24, 2023 · 1 like · 3,773 followers View post →

Genetic Health Systems

@GeneHealthSys · X

RT @DrBDrugDoc: Type 2 Diabetics taking Metformin lived longer than those who were not T2D. https://t.co/6R1PdWcqCO

Feb 20, 2023 · 1 share · 349 followers View post →

Brad Carper

@BradPharm · X

@ElieJarrougeMD I found this study incredible. T2D taking Metformin lived longer than those who were not T2D. https://t.co/6R1PdWcqCO

Feb 20, 2023 · 777 followers View post →

Brad Carper

@BradPharm · X

Type 2 Diabetics taking Metformin lived longer than those who were not T2D. https://t.co/6R1PdWcqCO

Feb 20, 2023 · 1 like · 1 share · 777 followers View post →

HemskVampyr

@HemskVampyr · X

Hacking the 3 Pathways of Aging https://t.co/SIOH8ztLfQ via @YouTube

Feb 20, 2023 · 699 followers View post →

luis hernan graffe

@hernangraffe · X

RT @BradStanfieldMD: References: https://t.co/XsVPJGFAbp https://t.co/CsSaw7YzQY https://t.co/PnWNp9Z4vC https://t.co/vFVUftHdtj https://t.…

Jan 30, 2023 · 4 shares · 3,128 followers View post →

Sonia Jardón V

@sjardon_gdl · X

RT @BradStanfieldMD: References: https://t.co/XsVPJGFAbp https://t.co/CsSaw7YzQY https://t.co/PnWNp9Z4vC https://t.co/vFVUftHdtj https://t.…

Jan 12, 2023 · 4 shares · 147 followers View post →

John Best

@noobestjohn · X

RT @BradStanfieldMD: References: https://t.co/XsVPJGFAbp https://t.co/CsSaw7YzQY https://t.co/PnWNp9Z4vC https://t.co/vFVUftHdtj https://t.…

Jan 12, 2023 · 4 shares · 452 followers View post →

Dr Brad Stanfield

@BradStanfieldMD · X

Jan 12, 2023 · 33 likes · 4 shares · 29,172 followers View post →

Peekaboo

@PaPeekaboo · X

RT @AlexSamTG: La publi décrite dans le docu, c'est celle-ci : https://t.co/dTSEtaJ2C2 Elle a pratiqué un ajustement pour atteindre non pas…

Dec 17, 2022 · 3 shares · 835 followers View post →

Aude Smith

@AudeSmith5 · X

RT @AlexSamTG: La publi décrite dans le docu, c'est celle-ci : https://t.co/dTSEtaJ2C2 Elle a pratiqué un ajustement pour atteindre non pas…

Dec 17, 2022 · 3 shares · 1,726 followers View post →

Alexander Samuel

@AlexSamTG · X

Dec 17, 2022 · 30 likes · 3 shares · 20,241 followers View post →

David Stănete

@stanete · X

I love Cleo Abram's idea of genuine optimism. In a world (specially on Twitter) where I see a lot of pessimism, this way of looking at technology brings fresh air. https://t.co/zn4koQqyWt

Dec 13, 2022 · 4,128 followers View post →

goufpeera

@goufpeera2 · X

https://t.co/y0ga5qu7QG

Nov 22, 2022 · 417 followers View post →

kedarus

@kedarus · X

@CJ_NFA @Openskies13 @DoctorJack16 I started to read about https://t.co/7gbDiA7A5k

Oct 17, 2022 · 1 like · 653 followers View post →

BATMAN

@ChamaraVFX · X

https://t.co/E5Unq81u3E

Oct 7, 2022 · 1,625 followers View post →

Orlando_uy

@Orlando_uy · X

RT @JBlivik: Reduction of high insulin (increases linearly with obesity & exposure to diabetes care) prolongs life, halves the risk of dyin…

Jul 13, 2022 · 1 share · 690 followers View post →

John Blivik

@JBlivik · X

Reduction of high insulin (increases linearly with obesity & exposure to diabetes care) prolongs life, halves the risk of dying, & helps with weight loss (along with physical activity immediately after eating, reduced intake of animal fat & fast carbs). https://t.co/ZeNC7IleGA

Jul 13, 2022 · 2 likes · 1 share · 450 followers View post →

@nhxpost · X

@llamacorn888 @VitalikButerin https://t.co/cTgEE6vc0B diabetics taking metformin live longer than healthy non-diabetics not taking it apparently

Jun 20, 2022 · 1 like · 1,172 followers View post →

Giuseppe Maltese

@docmaltese · X

RT @docmaltese: Can people with type 2 diabetes live longer than those without? “Patients with type 2 diabetes initiated with metformin mo…

May 3, 2022 · 1 share · 1,770 followers View post →

Chuck Frasher

@ChuckFrasher · X

@CharlesMBrenner https://t.co/VN6ibzEpKv. https://t.co/vmbdCFyeCN

May 1, 2022 · 26 followers View post →

Prajit

@docprajit · X

Correlation or Causation? Is Metformin, the big new "anti-aging" or rather prevent effects of aging drug? https://t.co/URIGg94oWo via @YouTube

Apr 24, 2022 · 498 followers View post →

Annie

@fullinhalfout · X

@hankgreen @cleoabram My fave one recently: https://t.co/s45r8khsSp

Apr 12, 2022 · 1 like · 150 followers View post →

ShibaTatsuya

@ShibaTa50325300 · X

@ilyassahinMD https://t.co/YW8co5YPx2 Sayın İlyas hocam, bazen benim de kullanasım gelmiyor değil.

Apr 6, 2022 · 58 followers View post →

Tomasz

@perlyswietlne · X

Metformin i inne leki (potencjalnie!) opóźniające starzenie się.

Apr 3, 2022 · 1,921 followers View post →

Philosophy And Math

@philosophy_math · X

Liked on YouTube: Metformin, the big new "anti-aging" drug, explained https://t.co/Ni5czf2rLE

Apr 3, 2022 · 17 followers View post →

曾嘉俊 Zeng Jiajun

@zengjiajun_eth · X

Metformin, the big new "anti-aging" drug, explained https://t.co/qou0XJ0eEZ via @YouTube

Mar 21, 2022 · 1 like · 11,655 followers View post →

ProjectOneWorldLearn

@OneWorldSchool1 · X

Metformin, the big new "anti-aging" drug, explained https://t.co/mCMkqn6EHr via @YouTube

Mar 21, 2022 · 387 followers View post →

Pelayo Prieto

@PelayoPrieto · X

¿Y si un fármaco barato, conocido desde hace años para tratar la diabetes pudiera retrasar nuestro envejecimiento? Más importante aún : ¿Y si nos permitiera pasar más tiempo con los que más queremos? https://t.co/MvLWnM5JvA vía @cleoabram

Mar 15, 2022 · 756 followers View post →

SortaRican

@vaughnp · X

The new way billionaires try to live longer https://t.co/xaXlfuPxMX via @YouTube

Feb 5, 2022 · 141 followers View post →

MediaREDEF

@MediaREDEF · X

The new way billionaires try to live longer (@cleoabram) https://t.co/4hG5hXLzNH

Feb 4, 2022 · 20,009 followers View post →

ᯅ

@teel0ck · X

The new way #billionaires try to live longer https://t.co/tr2biBmlH2 via @YouTube

Feb 4, 2022 · 785 followers View post →

Sachin Mourya

@SachinMourya6 · X

RT @cleoabram: To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 4, 2022 · 10 shares · 114 followers View post →

How to Change Your Self

@iamdeandwyer · X

RT @cleoabram: To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 4, 2022 · 10 shares · 65 followers View post →

Show Me Strength

@ShowMeStrength · X

The mainstream finally catching up to what @JayCampbell333 has been saying for years https://t.co/qV1JG6aWxa

Feb 4, 2022 · 645 followers View post →

HouseOfOchii

@OchiiOgango · X

RT @cleoabram: To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 4, 2022 · 10 shares · 712 followers View post →

Abhishek Patil

@oldtrafford007 · X

The new way billionaires try to live longer https://t.co/vJC5Nmhcu4 via @YouTube

Feb 4, 2022 · 1 like · 3,105 followers View post →

wachira

@__wchr · X

Great video by @cleoabram to end the week https://t.co/WPUFJOIZW9

Feb 4, 2022 · 428 followers View post →

RiskReversal Media

@RiskReversal · X

RT @cleoabram: To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 3, 2022 · 10 shares · 109,106 followers View post →

ricardosharing

@ricardosharing · X

The cheap drug rich people take to live longer https://t.co/P5U081zfdo

Feb 2, 2022 · 1 followers View post →

Nestor Lagos Borda

@DxNESTORxD · X

RT @cleoabram: To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 2, 2022 · 10 shares · 407 followers View post →

Rob Schutz

@rob · X

RT @cleoabram: To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 1, 2022 · 10 shares · 6,538 followers View post →

Z Reitano

@ZReitano · X

RT @cleoabram: To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 1, 2022 · 10 shares · 6,394 followers View post →

ntapia

@ntapia · X

@JEverettLearned https://t.co/Lq9sfhBHEC

Feb 1, 2022 · 411 followers View post →

Louis Anslow

@LouisAnslow · X

RT @cleoabram: To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 1, 2022 · 10 shares · 4,618 followers View post →

Garry Tan

@garrytan · X

RT @cleoabram: To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 1, 2022 · 10 shares · 625,590 followers View post →

Louis Anslow

@LouisAnslow · X

RT @statto: Entertained to see that I got a (very tiny!) cameo in @cleoabram’s new video on anti-aging drug metformin! And it’s a great vi…

Feb 1, 2022 · 2 shares · 4,618 followers View post →

Cleo Abram

@cleoabram · X

RT @statto: Entertained to see that I got a (very tiny!) cameo in @cleoabram’s new video on anti-aging drug metformin! And it’s a great vi…

Feb 1, 2022 · 2 shares · 66,829 followers View post →

Andrew Steele

@statto · X

Feb 1, 2022 · 7 likes · 2 shares · 12,471 followers View post →

Nicholas (Sedgewick) Thompson

@niksthompson · X

RT @cleoabram: To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 1, 2022 · 10 shares · 361 followers View post →

JULES

@julesterpak · X

RT @cleoabram: To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 1, 2022 · 10 shares · 35,341 followers View post →

Cleo Abram

@cleoabram · X

Feb 1, 2022 · 5 likes · 66,829 followers View post →

Cleo Abram

@cleoabram · X

To try to live longer, billionaires are taking a pill that costs pennies. So, uh… does it work?

Feb 1, 2022 · 111 likes · 10 shares · 66,829 followers View post →

TY (ﾀｲ)

@150made · X

Jul 14, 2021 · 20 likes · 510 followers View post →

Paul Benavidez

@paulmbenavidez · X

Hacking the 3 Pathways of Aging https://t.co/6TL8fLPafi via @YouTube

Jul 7, 2021 · 245 followers View post →

lisa champion

@lm_champion · X

@naplesdave I know taking meds is a pain but there is some interest atm about met having some healthful effects other than BGL control. I have attached the Bannister paper. And the study currently looking at understanding what is going on - the TAME study.https://t.co/kVmwWHdZOC

Jun 2, 2021 · 1 like · 182 followers View post →

DaRocDok.com®

@DaRocDok · X

Hacking the 3 Pathways of Aging https://t.co/kWbfo5OujD via @YouTube

Apr 24, 2021 · 1,518 followers View post →

Rohit Gupta

@rohit_bmw · X

RT @Daniilgor: This study (published 6 years ago) strongly suggested that metformin prolongs lives. No one gave a damn. But with #COVIDー19,…

Dec 29, 2020 · 1 share · 5,908 followers View post →

Daniil Gorbatenko

@Daniilgor · X

This study (published 6 years ago) strongly suggested that metformin prolongs lives. No one gave a damn. But with #COVIDー19, saving the elderly suddenly became a religion. Politics is fundamentally irrational. https://t.co/BpTt3HOaG3

Dec 28, 2020 · 2 likes · 1 share · 1,238 followers View post →

Bruno.N

@BrunoN29428943 · X

@drjkahn @davidasinclair Thanks for the interesting research. Mic has these notes to consider: https://t.co/ESmB4nqDJU (Includes some vegetables that naturally contain NMN).

Dec 6, 2020 · 1 like · 3 followers View post →

Republican-Justicialist (He/Him/The God Of F*ck)

@JRClark14591150 · X

https://t.co/2lH3NvvNWq

Sep 8, 2020 · 175 followers View post →

Matthew Lake

@Matthew_Lake182 · X

@HanCardiomd @DBelardoMD Here's the study: https://t.co/SMbbRGfCRC

Aug 27, 2020 · 2 likes · 878 followers View post →

Matthew Lake

@Matthew_Lake182 · X

@und3rgrounder @DBelardoMD "Patients with type 2 diabetes initiated with metformin monotherapy had longer survival than did matched, non-diabetic controls. Those treated with sulphonylurea had markedly reduced survival" https://t.co/SMbbRGfCRC

Aug 27, 2020 · 878 followers View post →

Matthew Lake

@Matthew_Lake182 · X

@DBelardoMD @SteveH35081752 "Patients with T2D initiated with metformin monotherapy had longer survival than did matched, non-diabetic controls. Those treated with sulphonylurea had markedly reduced survival compared with both matched controls and....." https://t.co/SMbbRGfCRC

Aug 27, 2020 · 878 followers View post →

د هيثم السيف

@57ksu · X

Jul 27, 2020 · 775 followers View post →

ᵀᵒⁿᵉ

@ToneLives · X

Hacking the 3 Pathways of Aging https://t.co/bpOcwN0M4f

Jul 25, 2020 · 310 followers View post →

~Journey P.Ⓥ︎

@SouLJOo0oOurney · X

Hacking the 3 Pathways of Aging https://t.co/WtyopJoBGb via @YouTube

Jul 24, 2020 · 1,448 followers View post →

lisa champion

@lm_champion · X

@bigpurpleduck @TheRhodri Metformin might help you with smoothing out the IR due to hormone stuff. It is relatively cheap and has been around for about 60 years. Also may have other protective benefits ?? (see Bannister study 2014 https://t.co/Bi6f4elpLR or TAME studyl currently going on).

Jul 2, 2020 · 182 followers View post →

Staffan

@StaffanOlsson13 · X

Ska metformin skrivas ut till äldre utan diabetes typ 2? https://t.co/7UxfMlKaf0

Feb 29, 2020 · 338 followers View post →

Matt Baggott

@mattbagg · X

@StevenSalzberg1 @EverydayFinance There is very limited evidence in diabetics, leading to efforts to study it in adults without diabetes. https://t.co/DxqBPmkfwT

Sep 17, 2019 · 1 like · 2,179 followers View post →

Can people with type 2 diabetes live longer than those without? A comparison of mortality in people initiated with metformin or sulphonylurea monotherapy and matched, non-diabetic controls.

Mentions per month

Where it's discussed

What people are saying

Abstract in brief

Top posts

All mentions

Exploring Metformin: Anti-Aging Potential and Current Research

Exploring Anti-Aging Drugs and Lifespan Extension Studies

Exploring Aging Pathways: Lifestyle, Diet, and Autophagy Insights

Effects of Rapamycin on Skin Aging and Health

Metformin and Sulphonylurea Impact on Mortality and Longevity

Metformin's Impact on Longevity in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Understanding Aging: Biological, Systemic, and Statistical Perspectives