News tagged with bulimia
How to care for your bones through the ages
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Bones are the body's first lines of defense. They protect the brain, heart and lungs and anchor the muscles. They keep us mobile. And all they ask in return is our support to keep them strong: good nutrition, weight-bearing ...
Black girls are 50 percent more likely to be bulimic than white girls
Mar 18, 2009 |
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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.
Brain circuit abnormalities may underlie bulimia nervosa in women
Jan 05, 2009 |
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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 ...
Pregnant women with bulimia have more anxiety and depression
Sep 17, 2008 |
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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 ...
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Professor identifies new eating disorder
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 04, 2007 |
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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. ...
New psychotherapy has potential to treat majority of cases of eating disorders
Dec 15, 2008 |
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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
Sep 15, 2008 |
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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 ...
Boys have greater psychological well-being than girls, due to a better physical self-concept
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Self-concept may be defined as the totality of perceptions that each person has of themselves, and this self identity plays an important role in the psychological functioning of everyone. To date, however, there has been ...
High-fat, high-sugar foods alter brain receptors
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Overconsumption of fatty, sugary foods leads to changes in brain receptors, according to new animal research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The new research results are being presented at the 2009 annual ...
Eating disorders on the rise in Britain
Oct 30, 2006 |
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A recent investigation has found that one in every 100 British women suffers from anorexia or bulimia.
Teeth are the windows to your health
Nov 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The phrase, “the eyes are the windows to the soul,” is attributed to several authors and philosophers. But the phrase, “your teeth are the windows to your health,” can be attributed to Mohamed Bassiouny, ...
Sleight of hand and sense of self
Aug 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An illusion that tricks people into believing a rubber hand belongs to them isn’t all in the mind, Oxford University researchers have found. They have observed a physical response as well, ...
The Medical Minute: What is osteoporosis? Why now? Why me?
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Osteoporosis comes from a Latin term which means "holes in the bone." In reality it is a skeletal disease characterized by low bone mineral density and structural deterioration of bone, leading to bone weakness and increased ...
Research indicates testosterone could guard against eating disorders
Mar 03, 2008 |
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Testosterone appears to protect people against eating disorders, providing further evidence that biological factors -- and not just social influences -- are linked to anorexia and bulimia, according to new research findings ...
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