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Article: Clinical Endocrinologists Establish Strategies to Detect And Manage the Insulin Resistance Syndrome; An Epidemic Medical Condition that Places One in Three Americans at Higher Risk for Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease.
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- August 27, 2002
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WASHINGTON -- The American College of Endocrinology (ACE) and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) today announced the results of their conference about the Insulin Resistance Syndrome, an epidemic condition that dramatically increases risk for type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke, and is estimated to affect one in three Americans. National and international experts addressed key questions about the causes, prevalence, assessment, prevention and treatment of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome.
Insulin resistance describes a condition that is characterized by decreased tissue sensitivity to the action of insulin, leading to a ...