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Brain circuit abnormalities may underlie bulimia nervosa in women

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Women with bulimia nervosa appear to respond more impulsively during psychological testing than those without eating disorders, and brain scans show differences in areas responsible for regulating behavior, according to a ...





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Pregnant women with bulimia have more anxiety and depression

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 17, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Women who have bulimia in pregnancy have more symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to pregnant women without eating disorders. A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) shows that they also have ...


New psychotherapy has potential to treat majority of cases of eating disorders

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created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Wellcome Trust researchers have developed a new form of psychotherapy that has been shown to have the potential to treat more than eight out of ten cases of eating disorders in adults, a study out today reports.


UNC, WPIC to conduct Internet-based study of cognitive behavioral therapy for bulimia

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created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is leading a novel clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of online cognitive behavioral therapy, delivered through a Web site and augmented with therapist-moderated, weekly ...


Professor identifies new eating disorder

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 04, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A University of Iowa professor is making a case for a new eating disorder she calls purging disorder. The disorder is similar to bulimia nervosa in that both syndromes involve eating, then trying to compensate for the calories. ...


Males with a female twin may be at higher risk for anorexia nervosa

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 03, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Males who have a twin sister appear more likely to develop the eating disorder anorexia nervosa than other males, including those with a twin brother, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Ps ...


Black girls are 50 percent more likely to be bulimic than white girls

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created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An important new study challenges the widespread perception that bulimia primarily affects privileged, white teenagers such as "Gossip Girl" character Blair Waldorf, who battled bulimia on the show earlier this season.


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

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created Jan 11, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...


Psychiatric disorders are common in adults who have had anorexia

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created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


Families do not cause anorexia nervosa

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created Jan 22, 2007 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Misstatements and ignorance claiming that families "cause" eating disorders is like blaming parents for diabetes or asthma or cancer says an international group of eating disorders researchers.


Socialization May Be Key to New Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

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created Nov 08, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Understanding how individuals with anorexia nervosa interact with others may lead to entirely new approaches to treating the disease which affects up to 10 million adolescents.



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