Body-fat distribution is a primary risk factor for insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease. Visceral fat explains only portion of this risk. The link between upper-body uncertain. Furthermore, not clearly defined. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) can accurately quantify body fat. In study, we explored the relationship non-visceral adiposity other markers metabolic syndrome. Fat prop...

Fat embolism syndrome is usually associated with surgery for large bone fractures. Symptoms usually occur within 36 hours of hospitalization after traumatic injury. We present a case with fat embolism syndrome due to femur fracture. Prompt supportive treatment of the patient's respiratory system and additional pharmaceutical treatment provided the positive clinical outcome. There is no specific...

Obesity is strongly associated with metabolic syndrome. Recent research suggests that excess adipose tissue plays an important role in development of the syndrome. On the other hand, persons with a deficiency of adipose tissue (e.g. lipodystrophy) also manifest the metabolic syndrome. In some animal models, expansion of adipose tissue pools mitigates adverse metabolic components (e.g. insulin r...

Siew Li Teoh 1, Suthinee Sudfangsai 2, Pisake Lumbiganon 3, Malinee Laopaiboon 4, Nai Ming Lai 5 and Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk 1,6,7,8,* 1 School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor 47500, Malaysia; [email protected] 2 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand; [email protected] 3 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Fac...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the associations of fitness and fatness with metabolic syndrome in rural women, part of a recognized US health disparities group. METHODS Fitness, percentage body fat, BMI, and metabolic syndrome criteria were assessed at baseline in 289 rural women with prehypertension, ages 40-69, enrolled in a healthy eating and activity community-based clinical trial for...

BACKGROUND The prescription of guideline-recommended medication for secondary prevention after acute coronary syndrome has been suboptimal in the past. In the present study, guideline adherence and associated patient, care and hospital characteristics at hospital discharge after acute coronary syndrome were studied. METHODS Charts of patients with acute coronary syndrome discharged from 13 Du...

Cerebral fat embolism syndrome (CFES) is a neurologic syndrome occurring in up to 60% of patients with fat embolism syndrome (FES). The defining features of FES include respiratory, neurologic and dermatologic features. The classical explanation is release of fat emboli into the circulation after long bone fractures, but the clinical syndrome of FES only occurs in 0.5-3% of cases, typically wit...

We examined adherence to dietary recommendations on fruit/vegetable and fat intake and identified correlates with acculturation indicators as well as with family, lifestyle, and occupational factors in a farm worker cohort in central California. Interviewer-administered questionnaires for this cross-sectional study were completed from January 2006 to April 2007. Participants were 18- to 55-y-ol...