watso is a lil bit into autophagy - which could be an aid in combattin
mmm forgot what watso was thinking about - well come back to the post later on sometime
mmm dem dem mm what was it .. oh dementia
anyway, on the channel 7 news last night there was a story about a possible breakthrough for the treatment of dementia - and a diabetes drug was mentioned - ie diabex ...
anyway, watso thought he would double check the story and mmmm mmm
this was the drug
and what is metformin ??
watso has not read the following link - but it seems that metformin and some of its effects on the brain has been known for a while - the following mentions 2011
(2011) Incidence of dementia is increased in type 2 diabetes and reduced by the use of sulfonylureas and metformin. J Alzheimers Dis 24, 485-493. Ye F, Luo YJ, Xiao J et al. (2016) Impact of Insulin Sensitizers on the Incidence of Dementia:
