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Popular Type 2 Diabetes And Weight Loss Drug May Protect Against Colorectal Cancer

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A drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes could also effectively protect against colorectal cancer (CRC), based on a new analysis by researchers in the US.

Popular Type 2 Diabetes And Weight Loss Drug May Protect Against Colorectal Cancer

These results aren't enough to prove the GLP-1 RAs in particular were protecting against CRC – even though the different groups were matched up as well as possible – but they definitely suggest that more research and clinical trials are worth pursuing

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