anorexia

Anorexia Review Provides New Insights On Cause

harminka — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:01:58 -0500

New imaging technology provides insight into abnormalities in the brain circuitry of patients with anorexia nervosa (commonly known as anorexia) that may contribute to the puzzling symptoms found in people with the eating disorder.

Brain Protein Is a Biomarker For Anorexia

harminka — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:43:11 -0500

Eating disorders, such as anorexia, are frequently seen as psychological or societal diseases, but do they have an underlying biological cause? A new study shows that the levels of a brain protein differ between healthy and anorexic women.

52% of Clinicians Have Seen Increase in Eating Disorder Patients

ESKCSG — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:29:05 -0500

Results of Recent Survey Also Reflect the Critical Need for Cross-Disciplinary Eating Disorder Treatment

Is This Miss Universe Australia Contestant Anorexic?

Michael Santo — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:06:42 -0500

You decide. While she didn't win, Stephanie Naumoska, 19, competed in the Miss Universe Australia contest in Sydney (the winner goes to the Miss Universe finals), and drew attention not for her beauty, but for being, well, gaunt.

Psychiatric disorders are common in adults who had anorexia

harminka — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:46:46 -0500

The study was initiated in 1985. A total of 51 teenagers with anorexia nervosa were studied, together with an equally large control group of healthy persons. The groups have been investigated and compared several times as the years have passed.

Study shows inadequate diagnostic criteria for eating disorders

harminka — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:39:06 -0600

A new study by Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University suggests that the DSM-IV criteria for eating disorders have limited clinical utility. Researchers recommend a broadening of the criteria for bulimia, anorexia and binge eating disorder.

People with anorexia less to be blamed when biology, genetics explained

harminka — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:29:06 -0600

People given a biological and genetics-based explanation for the causes of anorexia nervosa were less likely to blame people with anorexia for their illness than those given a sociocultural explanation, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study found.

Clues to eating disorders and brain function

harminka — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:12:03 -0600

Even after more than a year of maintaining a normalized body weight, young women who recovered from anorexia nervosa show vastly different patterns of brain activity compared to similar women without the eating disorder, Walter H. Kaye, M.D., professor of psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and colleagues report in the December issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Education: the First Line of Defense against Eating Disorders

aboey — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:23:36 -0600

Providing accurate information and improving knowledge of the illness is the most effective preliminary strategy against eating disorders, according to a study in Early Intervention in Psychiatry published by Wiley Blackwell.

The largest colonic lipoma to date

harminka — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:47:34 -0500

Colonic lipomas have been found in related literature. One extremely rare case was recently reported in the November 14 issue of the World Journal of Gastroenterology because of its maximum diameter of 8.5 cm. The article discussed age and sex factors, clinical and histopathological findings, diagnostic methods and treatment by reviewing the present case and previously available literature.

Italy bans anorexia advertising

Dinka — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:59:52 -0500

Italy's advertising watchdog has banned a controversial advertising campaign showing a naked anorexic young woman.

Anorexia nervosa -- more common and transient than previously thought

harminka — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:40:07 -0500

Anorexia nervosa is a disorder with a grim reputation. Even experts say that anorexia is often devastatingly chronic and carries high mortality rates. However, these views are highly biased. A study recently conducted in Finland among young women uncovers a completely different side to anorexia.