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Easing of America's Healthcare Burden: The Case for Aggressive Prevention of the Metabolic Syndrome
ISSN: 1929 - 5634
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Easing of America's Healthcare Burden: The Case for Aggressive Prevention of the Metabolic Syndrome
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Publisher: Lifescience Global Inc.
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Abstract
The term "metabolic syndrome" was used in 1977 by Herman Haller who was studying the risk factors associated with atherosclerosis. In the same year, Dr. Singer used the term to describe the associations between hyperlipoprotenemia and obesity, gout, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension. In1988, Gerald Reaven hypothesized that insulin resistance could be the underlying factor linking this constellation of abnormalities, which he went on to name "syndrome X or Reaven's syndrome". Regardless of the clinical term that is utilized, the global impact on health care resources and humanity is massive. 47 million adult patients meeting the criteria for metabolic syndrome which represent over 24% of the adults in the United States. National inpatient hospital costs for metabolic syndrome with complications were nearly $400 billion in 2009. With appropriate primary care for the complications of metabolic syndrome, nearly $17 billion in hospital c...
