Do steroids increase metabolic syndrome risk?

Steroids and the metabolic syndrome.

Over the last 15 years, the concept underlying the common aggregationofmajor abnormalities associatedwithan insulin resistant state has emerged as a unique entity, the so-called metabolic syndrome. Although the concept that insulin resistance is different from the metabolic syndrome, nonetheless for many years these two conditionshaveoftenbeenusedmoreor less as synonyms. This issue is, however,...

Dark Chocolate and Metabolic Syndrome; Do Polyphenols All that Matter?

Metabolic Syndrome as a Risk Factor for Osteoarthritis

  Metabolic syndrome refers to a set of conditions that include high blood pressure, increased insulin level in the blood, the accumulation of the excess fat around the abdomen, and increased blood lipids. In metabolic syndrome, the vast majority of these conditions are simultaneously present, and the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, and diabetes rises. Besides, osteoarthritis or degen...

Do steroids increase lymphoma risk? A case-control study of lymphoma risk in polymyalgia rheumatica/giant cell arteritis.

BACKGROUND Recent studies indicate increased risks of malignant lymphomas among individuals treated with corticosteroids, but have not taken into account the underlying reasons for steroid use, so the increased risks might be attributable to the underlying disease or concomitant treatments other than steroids. Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and temporal arteritis (giant cell arteritis, GCA) are c...

Metabolic Syndrome: Assessing Cardiometabolic Risk

The metabolic syndrome refers to a constellation of coronary heart disease risk factors, including obesity and abdominal fat distribution, disorders of glucose and lipid metabolism, and hypertension. Among the traditional risk factors, diabetes, hypertension, and abdominal obesity together account for approximately half of the risk of a first myocardial infarction, esp. in the Asian Indian popu...