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syndrome Med any combination of signs and symptoms that are indicative of a particular disease or disorder syndrome [′sin‚drōm] (medicine) A group of signs and symptoms which together characterize a disease. Also known as complex. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The cluster, called the metabolic syndrome or syndrome X, is made up of generally mild risk factors that often occur together, says Hanna-Maaria Lakka, who is currently at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La. Overweight young adults (aged 18 to 30) who reported eating dairy products at least 16 times a week were half as likely to develop insulin resistance syndrome (also known as Syndrome X or the metabolic syndrome) over the next ten years than those who ate dairy less than ten times a week, according to a study at Harvard Medical School. Syndrome X consists of a group of abnormalities arising from insulin resistance and was first described in 1988 by Dr. |
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