http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Risk factors for metabolic syndrome, such as obesity, high blood pressure, and elevated blood lipid levels, can increase a person's healthcare costs nearly 1.6-fold, or about $2,000 per year. For each additional risk factor those costs rise an average of 24%, according to an illuminating article in a recent issue of Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert. http://www.physorg.com/news172402880.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:10:03 EST news172402880 Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a substance in the liver that helps process fat and glucose. That substance is a component of the common food additive lecithin, and researchers speculate it may one day be possible to use lecithin products to control blood lipids and reduce risk for diabetes, hypertension or cardiovascular disease using treatments delivered in food rather than medication. http://www.physorg.com/news168179215.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:40:02 EST news168179215 Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a process that controls the amount of fat that cells store for use as a back-up energy source. Disruption of this process allows cellular fat to accumulate - a key factor in age-related metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. The study is published today in the online version of Nature. http://www.physorg.com/news157815546.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:39:39 EST news157815546 Despite some improvements to lower "bad" cholesterol levels, people with cardiovascular diseases still need to do a better job controlling overall blood lipid levels, according to a UC Irvine Heart Disease Prevention Program study. http://www.physorg.com/news137341766.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:29:26 EST news137341766 (PhysOrg.com) -- Despite some improvements to lower `bad` cholesterol levels, people with cardiovascular diseases still need to do a better job controlling overall blood lipid levels, according to a UC Irvine Heart Disease Prevention Program study. http://www.physorg.com/news137340740.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:12:20 EST news137340740