Metabolic Syndrome

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hypothyroid rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have worse cardiovascular risk profiles - reflected by a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome -- than those with normal thyroid function, new research shows.  

Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome, abnormalities of liver enzymes and sonographic fatty liver, as well as the inter-related associations in normal weight, overweight and obese children and adolescents. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among a sample of 1107 students (56.1% girls), aged 6-18 years in Isfahan, Iran. In addition to physical examination, fasting blood glucose, serum...  

Background We examined the agreement among the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP), International Diabetes Federation (IDF), American Heart Association and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (AHA/NHLBI), World Health Organization (WHO), and the European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR) definitions of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and explored their relationship with the risk factors of cardiovascular disease in a...  

Shift work exposures can accelerate metabolic syndrome (MetS) development among the large population of middle-aged males with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (e-ALT) is a common abnormality of health examinations in middle-aged working populations. It is unavoidable nowadays that a large number of asymptomatic workers with e-ALT may be asked to do rotating shift work on 24 h production lines...  

Longer duration of lactation was linked to a lower incidence of the metabolic syndrome years after weaning in women with and without gestational diabetes. Medscape Medical News  

Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, independently of impaired fasting glucose, even in a general Japanese population, say researchers from Japan in the December Diabetes Care. Reuters Health Information  

Low-fat diets may not be right for those with metabolic syndrome. Low-fat diets have been in the news a great deal lately associated with better moods for dieters than high-fat diets. But a new study presented at the annual meeting of The American ...  

Eating a diet that incorporates features of the traditional Mediterranean diet may protect Americans against the metabolic syndrome, researchers report in the December issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Reuters Health Information  

Breastfeeding a child may lower a woman's risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes in women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that was published online ahead of print and will appear in the February issue of Diabetes, a journal of the American Diabetes Association. The protective association was even stronger for women who had gestational diabetes during pregnancy, according to the study's...  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - At the time a patient is classified as having metabolic syndrome, her individual mix of syndrome components has a significant impact on her risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality, according to UK researchers.  

There is a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in fathers and brothers of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), researchers report in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Reuters Health Information  

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Postmenopausal women who have higher testosterone levels may be at greater risk of heart disease, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome compared to women with lower testosterone levels, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).  

High cholesterol isn't as dangerous as a combination of obesity, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar (insulin resistant diabetes). The team, led by Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health at Warwick Medical School Dr Oscar Franco, has discovered that simultaneously having obesity, high blood pressure and high blood sugar are the most dangerous combination of health factors when developing metabolic syndrome. How dangerous are these...  

Weight reduction in most cases is the answer to preventing these diseases. I have treated many patients who had metabolic syndrome and I have constantly reminded them that weight loss through ... suggest the following: Avoid fast-food restaurants ...