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Article: Syndrome X.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- May 9, 2005
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"Outside every fat man there was an even fatter man trying to close in."
Kingsley Amis (1922-1995),
British novelist
One Fat Englishman, ch. 3 (1963)
YOU could say "Syndrome X" is an invention of overactive medical minds.
But then again, a doctor, after seeing patient after patient complaining of similar problems and presenting with similar symptoms, notices an emerging pattern. "Theres something going on here"
Metabolic syndrome. The other name for Syndrome X is the plain "metabolic syndrome." It is not a disease by itself but a cluster of disorders that together can result in Type 2 diabetes, a heart attack, or a ...