Early cardiovascular events are a risk for survivors of childhood cancer, according to a longitudinal study recently published in the Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. This study advocated a unified definition of pediatric metabolic syndrome so it can better be diagnosed.
The term metabolic syndrome refers to a cluster of clinical and biochemical risk factors that indicate metabolic dysfunction, according to background information in the article. These risk factors are associated with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Read more here.
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