Binge eating disorder

Starting university may be hazardous to your health

harminka — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:26:28 -0500

Moving away from home and adapting to a new social environment are just two of the many challenges that new students face as they enter university. An innovative new study conducted at the University of Alberta has found that these challenges can actually have a negative effect on a student's health.

Pregnancy may increase risk of developing binge eating disorder

harminka — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:43:06 -0500

Pregnancy may open a window of vulnerability for developing binge eating disorder, especially for women from lower socio-economic situations, according to a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers and colleagues in Norway.

New therapies for binge eating disorder

harminka — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:46:11 -0500

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) psychologists have developed an animal model for the binge eating disorder, which affects an estimated one in 20 Americans. The Sprague-Dawley rat model could lead to the identification of physiological mechanisms that distinguish different types of eating disorders and to the creation of new, targeted drug therapies.