Metformin trialled as anti-obesity drug for unborn babies
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Metformin trialled as anti-obesity drug for unborn babies
A new study is to be carried out into the use of the diabetes drug metformin for reducing the weight of babies . The three-year study will monitor hundreds of pregnant women around the UK to assess if the drug can lower obesity rates and the amount of difficult births. Rather than trying to help the expectant mother lose weight, the drug would help keep the weight of the unborn baby down by reducing the levels of blood sugar passed to babies in the womb, an approach that is already being used to
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Tags: Diabetes Type 2 Medication, Diabetes Medication, Obesity, Drug, Children's Health, Childbirth, Glucophage
Most Recently Shared on May 11, 2011 at 4:04 pm By:
Interesting RT @Diabetescouk: Metformin for unborn babies to prevent difficult births and later obesity of the child http://bit.ly/kro7g8
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