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| 9/7/2010 |
Ancient Herbal Remedy Might Fight Cancer
(Washington, DC) -- New studies show that an ancient herbal remedy that is now present in modern diabetes drugs may help fight cancer. The studies published in the journal "Cancer Prevention Research" support previous research that found diabetes patients receiving the drug metformin are less prone to developing cancer. Metformin helps stabilize blood sugar by decreasing the liver's glucose output and increasing the sugar's use by muscle tissue. It's prescribed to about 40-million people across the United States. In one study, metformin reduced the appearance of lesions that can be precursors to bowel cancer. In another study, U.S. researchers induced lung cancer in mice with injections of a tobacco-based carcinogen, followed by doses of metformin. The drug reduced lung cancer tumors in those mice by more than 70 percent. |
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