Clinical Report on Co-morbidities from Harvard

For folks trying to gather information on comorbidities, this is an excellent resource, written by a bunch of docs from Harvard. Here is the abstract. <br><br> Obesity and Its Comorbid Conditions <br><br> Obese patients are at an increased risk for developing many medical problems, including insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, stroke, sleep apnea, gallbladder disease, hyperuricemia and gout, and osteoarthritis. Certain cancers are also associated with obesity, including colorectal and prostate cancer in men and endometrial, breast, and gallbladder cancer in women [1-6]. Excess body weight is also associated with substantial increases in mortality from all causes, in particular, cardiovascular disease. More than 5% of the national health expenditure in the United States is directed at medical costs associated with obesity [7]. In addition, certain psychologic problems, including binge-eating disorder and depression, are more common among obese persons than they are in the general population [8,9]. Finally, obese individuals may suffer from social stigmatization and discrimination, and severely obese people may experience greater risk of impaired psychosocial and physical functioning, causing a negative impact on their quality of life [10]. <br><br> The full text of the article is available at Medscape (you may need to register). The URL is http://womenshealth.medscape.com/19870.rhtml.

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