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Brain pressure remedy found in common diabetes drug

A drug commonly used to treat patients with obesity or type 2 diabetes could be used as a new way to lower brain pressure, for which treatments are desperately needed, researchers say.
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- @KatKeogh
Posted 18 August 2017 - 15:50
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