Cramps can also be caused by electrolyte and metabolic disorders.

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About half of all liver disease is alcohol related, a third is caused by viral hepatitis and the remainder due to immune system dysfunction, metabolic disorders and inherited diseases.

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More commonly, the person has lost a great deal of immune function and becomes susceptible to infection, or cachexia can lead to metabolic disorders that can cause heart rhythm disturbances.

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After their residencies, most young doctors today are going on to do fellowships, adding one to three further years of training in, say, laparoscopic surgery, or pediatric metabolic disorders, or breast radiology or critical care.

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After an arc on the third season of "Arrested Development" and two VH1 reality shows, the actor said he wanted to focus on his family and the Bailey Baio Angel Foundation, named after his daughter, which supports families affected by metabolic disorders.

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Night shift workers are far more prone to having sleep disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, metabolic problems, cancer, diabetes, depression and a number of other health problems.

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Yet they're exposed to anti-convulsants, anti-psychotic drugs, which have serious long-term side effects in the form of obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and some movement disorders ... that can leave a person extremely disfigured physically.

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Melmed RD, Schneider CK, Fabes RA. Metabolic markers and gastrointestinal symptoms in children with autism and related disorders.

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