Article: Endocrinologists establish strategies to detect, manage insulin resistance.

2002 OCT 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American College of Endocrinology (ACE) and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 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 ...

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