Metformin, a cheap, effective, and safe medicine with decades of use, may well be the most under-utilised tool in the fight against chronic disease. In ‘Metformin: Prevent Diabetes, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Dementia’, Dr. Christopher Maclay explores how this widely-prescribed drug has the potential to address the root metabolic dysfunction driving many of today’s age- and lifestyle-related illnesses.

Current preventative health strategies focus largely on early detection and management of disease, but these approaches are failing to prevent the overwhelming surge of conditions like cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and dementia. Dr. Maclay argues for a shift toward targeting the underlying metabolic processes that contribute to these conditions, with metformin leading the charge.

Backed by an abundance of clinical data, metformin has proven efficacy in preventing multiple chronic diseases, underscoring the immediate need to repurpose existing therapies like metformin to mitigate the growing public health crisis.

The growing number of informed individuals seeking life prolonging and improving interventions will find ‘Metformin’ an up-to-date review of Metformin’s role in both personalised and mass preventative health interventions.