Metabolic Syndrome
Therapeutic lifestyle modifications play important role in PCOS management
DENVER — For women with polycystic ovary syndrome, therapeutic lifestyle modifications help to regulate menstruation, improve glucose metabolism and increase fertility, according to a speaker at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.
Mediterranean diet plus physical activity improves changes in body composition
An intervention involving an energy-reduced Mediterranean diet and physical activity promotion reduced total and visceral fat in adults with overweight or obesity and metabolic symptoms, according to a randomized study.
People with Bardet-Biedl syndrome lower metabolic syndrome score with setmelanotide
DALLAS — Setmelanotide may lower the risk for metabolic syndrome for people with a rare monogenic form of obesity, according to data presented at ObesityWeek.
Setmelanotide may cut metabolic syndrome risk in rare monogenic forms of obesity
DALLAS — People with rare monogenic forms of obesity may reduce their risk for metabolic syndrome with setmelanotide therapy, according to research presented at ObesityWeek.
AHA highlights disease overlap with new term: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome
The American Heart Association unveiled a new term to reflect the interplay of several metabolic and renal conditions driving risk for CVD, along with an updated algorithm and guidance for screening, management and collaborative care.
Asymptomatic metabolic syndrome at midlife confers CV event, mortality risk later on
Asymptomatic metabolic syndrome at midlife was associated with increased risk and earlier occurrence of CV events and mortality later in life, researchers reported.
Study links TV viewing in childhood to metabolic syndrome as adult
A long-running cohort study found an association between frequent television viewing as a child and developing metabolic syndrome as an adult, according to results reported in Pediatrics.
Food insecurity associated with metabolic syndrome for Latina women
CHICAGO — Food insecurity, a key social determinant of health, may contribute to the relatively higher rate of metabolic syndrome among U.S. Latina women, according to findings presented at ENDO 2023.
Poor fitness, metabolic risk factors increase long-term heart disease risk for women
In women with ischemic heart disease, poor fitness and metabolic syndrome with or without diabetes independently drive risks for obstructive coronary artery disease, long-term adverse events and all-cause mortality, researchers reported.
Metabolic syndrome with sleep apnea ups risk for heart events in hospitalized women
Women hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome who have metabolic syndrome are 1.7 times more likely to experience a major adverse CV or cerebrovascular event if they also have comorbid obstructive sleep apnea, researchers reported.