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Article: Metabolic syndrome, major predictor of heart disease--might not exist.
- Article from:
- HealthFacts
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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Have you been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome? If so, you'll be interested to know that the condition might not exist, though the diagnosis has been around for decades. The metabolic syndrome has come to be regarded by most cardiologists, diabetologists, and researchers as a strong predictor of heart disease, requiring treatment with multiple drugs. But the world's two leading diabetes organizations recently issued a joint statement, announcing that metabolic syndrome has never been "appropriately defined." Within weeks two heart organizations issued treatment guidelines for metabolic syndrome, signaling that the condition does, in fact, exist. Confused? Read on and ...