{"id":22739,"date":"2024-04-22T08:16:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T12:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22739"},"modified":"2024-04-22T08:16:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T12:16:29","slug":"a-cheap-drug-may-slow-down-aging-a-study-will-determine-if-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22739","title":{"rendered":"A cheap drug may slow down aging. A study will determine if it works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Allison Aubrey for NPR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A drug taken by millions of people to control diabetes may do more than lower blood sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research suggests metformin has anti-inflammatory effects that could help protect against common age-related diseases including heart disease, cancer, and cognitive decline.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2024\/04\/22\/1245872510\/a-cheap-drug-may-slow-down-aging-a-study-will-determine-if-it-works\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2024\/04\/22\/1245872510\/a-cheap-drug-may-slow-down-aging-a-study-will-determine-if-it-works\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-3902\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Allison Aubrey for NPR) A drug taken by millions of people to control diabetes may do more than lower<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,15],"tags":[92,1271,94,1272],"class_list":["post-22739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-aging","tag-metformin","tag-older-adults","tag-the-tame-trial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22740,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22739\/revisions\/22740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}