Health and Medical Guide to Metabolic Problems Metabolic Syndrome X Health information topics about Metabolic Syndrome X: Children 1. Overweight Hispanic Youth Face Increased Risk of D Endocrine Society http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ18SYNSPD&sub_... Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Syndrome X National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D017566&recruiting... 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Metabolic Syndrome X National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D024821&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Lab Values Important in Defining Obesity Syndrome American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/news/obesity020131.html 2. Metabolic Syndrome / Syndrome X American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/metabolic-2.html Disease Management 1. Working with Your Doctor to Overcome Overweight an American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/788.xml Organizations 1. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ 2. American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000 3. American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/ Overviews 1. Getting Tough with Metabolic Syndrome McGraw-Hill Companies http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2004/01_04/metabolic_foldout.pdf 2. Metabolic Syndrome Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3000/3057.asp?index=... 3. Metabolic Syndrome Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00522 Prevention/Screening 1. Incremental Lifestyle Changes Can Ward Off Syndrom Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/3000/3053.asp?index=... Related Issues 1. Diabetes and Your Risk of Heart Disease Harvard Medical School, InteliHealth http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/35072/35075/360350.html?d=dmt... 2. Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/insulinresistance/index.htm 3. Insulin Resistance Syndrome American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/660.xml Research 1. Metabolic Syndrome May Be an Important Link to Str American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3018936 2. Metabolic Syndrome Increases Risk of Coronary Deat American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3024259 3. Effect of Diet and Exercise or Metformin on the Me American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/8/I-46 4. Eating at Fast-Food Restaurants More Than Twice Pe National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2004/nhlbi-30.htm Statistics 1. 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