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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Julia Musto

Doctors sound alarm as 240 million Americans are living with deadly health condition and don’t know it

Doctors have sounded the alarm on a dangerous and complex health condition that affects nearly 90 percent of U.S. adults — and that the majority of people haven’t even heard of.

Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome is a health condition that describes the overlap of kidney disease, diabetes, obesity and heart disease. The latter is the nation’s top killer.

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