The Man may not despise his bodily life (Catechism of the Catholic Church, §364) - Health, Metformin

Metformin is a drug that has been used to treat diabetes for long time, but it is only recently that epidemiologists have begun to notice that patients on metformin have lower rates of cancer and heart disease.

(See more in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26475449)