Metabolic Syndrome

Increases in liver fat correlated with development of cardiovascular disease risk factors including incident diabetes and metabolic syndrome, according to results from a 6-year longitudinal study.

Men with obesity may be at increased risk for developing hypoandrogenemia or low free testosterone, especially if they have more severe obesity, according to findings published in Obesity.

Historians attribute Philip II of Macedon — father of Alexander the Great — as the source of the motto and political principle known as “divide and conquer.” As a ruling technique, the maxim worked, with Phillip ultimately ruling over most of classical Greece; a success that would be repeated with Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte in the centuries to follow.

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among young people with bipolar disorder was about quadruple that of the general population, researchers reported in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Metabolism is the term for a set of chemical reactions that occur in the cells of living organisms to sustain life. The metabolic processes lead to growth and reproduction and allow living organisms to maintain their structures and respond to the surrounding environment. All chemical reactions that occur in living organisms, from digestion to the transport of substances from cell to cell, can be part of metabolism.