How high blood sugar, hypertension and obesity can add up to cancer risk
It's known that obesity is linked to many cancers. A study shows metabolic syndrome, which includes factors like high blood pressure and insulin resistance, also drives increased risk.
About a third of Americans have metabolic syndrome. It's a cluster of conditions that can include hypertension, high blood sugar and a large waistline, and together increase your risk of heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes.
New research underscores another potential consequence: Cancer.
The link between cancer and having excess body fat is well-established.
But this latest study, published in the journal , at this relationship, focusing on how metabolic syndrome in general raises the
