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The quintet of abdominal obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, abnormal glucose metabolism, and coagulopathy has been called syndrome X or metabolic syndrome. Some have referred to this grouping as the insulin resistance syndrome, the obesity dyslipidemia syndrome, and the deadly quartet.
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The primary care physician who cares for couples in their childbearing years should encourage women and their partners to receive preconception care. The physician can enhance this opportunity by adopting a preconception focus during annual medical exams and asking the patients about their conception plans.
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FDA Approves Generic Version of AstraZenecas Prilosec; Pegasys
Approved To Treat Hepatitis C; HRT Reduces Alzheimers Risk, Study
Says; Heparin Plus Alteplase More Effective; Digoxin Effects Differ By
Sex; McClellan Named FDA Commissioner; FDA Actions
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Vitamin-Mineral Supplementation and Acute RTI in Elderly; B-Type
Natriuretic Peptide Levels and Outcome in Heart Failure; Companion
Influence During Primary Care Encounters; Handrubbing with
Alcohol-Based Solution vs. Standard Handwashing; Program To Prevent
Functional Decline in Frail Elderly Who Live at Home; Treatment of
Diabetic Neuropathy with Isosorbide Dinitrate Spray
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A seizure is an abnormal, hypersynchronous discharge of a population of cortical neurons that may be associated with clinical manifestations corresponding to the area of the brain involved. Epilepsy is a disorder of the central nervous system in which symptoms are 2 or more seizures greater than 24 hours apart, not provoked by another cause.
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Nardino RJ. Chitosan for weight loss and cholesterol lowering. Altern Med Alert 2003;6(1):5-8.
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