Lifeboat Foundation

In this interview, hosted by Nicolás Cherñavsky, Nir Barzilai and Brad Stanfield discuss metformin, whether or not to use it in non-diabetic patients to slow aging, and the TAME trial.

Nir Barzilai is president of the Academy of Health and Lifespan Research (https://www.ahlresearch.org/), and Brad Stanfield is a primary care physician in Auckland (New Zealand) and runs a YouTube channel (/ @drbradstanfield) with around 250,000 subscribers to explore the latest research and preventive care guidelines.

Host: Nicolás Cherñavsky.
Production: Nicolás Cherñavsky and Nina Torres Zanvettor.
Editing: Nina Torres Zanvettor.
Revision and subtitling: Nicolás Cherñavsky.

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Notes:
TAME trial website: https://www.afar.org/tame-trial.
Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS): https://repository.niddk.nih.gov/stud…
UK metformin vs sulfonylurea trial on type 2 diabetics: https://www.cmajopen.ca/content/2/3/E162
The New England Journal of Medicine paper on metformin treatment in Covid-19 patients: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056…
Lancet paper on metformin treatment in Covid-19 patients: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la…
Andre Scott’s paper on the cost-effectiveness of treating aging: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4358…
Medical guidelines database mentioned by Brad Stanfield: https://uptodate.com.
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Heales website (Healthy Life Extension Society): https://heales.org/

Contact e-mail: info@heales.org.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction.
1:51 Uptates on the TAME trial.
3:36 Goal of the TAME trial.
6:27 DPPOS study.
12:45 Metformin is a gerotherapeutic.
18:44 Funding of the TAME trial.
22:02 Metformin for Covid-19 patients.
23:40 Cost-effectiveness of the TAME trial.
29:02 Crowdfunding for the TAME trial.
32:27 Clinical guidelines for metformin.
38:31 Who should use metformin.
43:32 Final considerations.
46:00 Closing.