Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; a Feature of the Metabolic Syndrome We have identified a host of conditions associated with impaired insulin sensitivity such as hypertension, heart disease, hypercholesterolemia and abdominal adiposity. We can now add fatty liver disease to the list. On the converse side, that would also mean that any patient with liver problems […]
A Transgenic Model of Visceral Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome This article takes a new look at an old problem–visceral abdominal fat is the fat that creates the increased disease risk seen with obesity. Although excess cortisol has been implicated in a major causative factor leading to harmful changes in these cells, there are no […]
Cardiovascular Morbidity, Mortality with the Metabolic Syndrome The metabolic syndrome, or Syndrome X, is a state of insulin resistance that leads to a wide variety of other signs and symptoms in the patient. It is well known that insulin levels play a large role in heart disease, and this study adds further weight to this […]
I’m not saying that you should cancel your next dental checkup, but we need to start viewing oral health from the context of a whole body approach. Lest the dentists out there remove themselves from my email list, the relationship goes both ways–good oral health is also required for good overall health. So let’s start with […]
CRP, Metabolic Syndrome, and Risk of Cardiovascular Events While the rest of the medical community is debating whether we should check CRP levels in patients, these authors decided more than eight years ago that is was worth checking. While the the results of this study are no big surprise, we do see that CRP values […]
