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Metformin is not a general-purpose anti-cancer or anti-ageing drug, and healthy people should not take it as one.

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  1. Peter Attia

    Physician and founder of Early Medical

    MAST adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that metformin is not a general-purpose anticancer drug.

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