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Obesity and Diabetes
Research on obesity and diabetes published by scientists at University of Virginia
January 13th, 2009
"Type 2 diabetes has become an epidemic in the United States, mainly due to an increase in obesity and sedentary lifestyle. Diabetes is considered a cardiovascular risk equivalent, and cardiovascular death remains the most common cause of death in this population," investigators in the United States report. "The cardiovascular complications of diabetes, beginning as early as 10 years before the development of frank hyperglycemia, are strongly linked to the development of insulin resistance and the ensuing metabolic disarray often referred to as the metabolic syndrome. To provide proper therapy for cardiovascular prevention, the downstream effects of insulin resistance...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-13)
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