Lately, Doctor Pundit has been reporting some tidbits from the arena of medical research. Here are a few more to make the wires for 9/1.

• Is it really possible? For now you’ll just have to ask the mice taking it. Metformin, the country’s most widely used antidiabetic agent, could lead to the prevention of lung, breast, and prostate malignancies. | LINK
• Speaking of cancers, are certain heritable forms of breast cancer prevented by a certain surgical technique? | LINK
• Again, on the topic of cancer: an anti-tumor drug may be altered to serve as the basis for a novel agent to prevent the formation of senile plaques seen in the central nervous system in virtually all Alzheimer patients. | LINK
• Finally, on the lighter side of things — the all-star line-up for the “Stand Up to Cancer” telethon is almost finalized. | LINK

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