Metformin decreases fasting plasma glucose (PG) concentration and hemoglobin A1c by suppressing liver glucose production (hepatic gluconeogenesis) or by restoring β-cell function [164,165,166,167]. This drug mainly works by shrinking the rate at which hepatic glucose is produced and enhancing the ...
[4]. In children, asthma is more frequent in boys than in girls due to their smaller airways relative to their lung size, with a turnaround during puberty, as the prevalence in women is 20% higher than in men [5]. Asthma prevalence is steady or even shrinking in many developed ...