Metformin-Sustained Weight Loss and Reduced Android Fat Tissue At 12 Months In Empowir (Enhance The Metabolic Profile Of Women With Insulin Resistance): A Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Trial of Normoglycemic Women with Midlife Weight Gain

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