People who take Metformin which is the main treatment for type 2 diabetes have been told that it can actually have many more beneficial effects - and some bad ones. Writing on The Conversation website Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University, Dipa Kamdar, explained that is has also helped millions of people control their blood sugar, and inspired a second life in research on everything from ageing and cancer to heart health and fertility. It comes from a plant, galega