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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by heavyset_go on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @03:58AM (#32747834)
Metabolic syndrome is often a side effect of medication or symptom of other diseases that can't be fixed with lifestyle modifications alone.

For example, there are a lot of people on psychiatric medications that can cause metabolic syndrome as a primary side effect.

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by dominotw on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @09:20AM (#32750179)
> is often

Would be interesting to know how often.

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by heavyset_go on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:12PM (#32759193)
Tens of millions of people in the US take atypical antipsychotics and antidepressants that cause metabolic syndrome as a very common side effect.
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