- True Weight Loss Is Rare
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When you are a weight loss doctor, your friends and colleagues cannot help but comment on your work. Many conversations contain the question, "Isn't it all just....(carbs, laziness, fast food, inactivity, genes, fructose - fill in speculation here). I beg ...
Blog Post - Ignatius Brady - Oct 22 2015 - 8:48pm - 0 attachments
- Orthorexia Nervosa: The Righteous Health Food Obsession
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... diagnose mental disorders. The DSM-5 currently lists anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, “other specified ... or purity rather than weight loss, as they see with anorexia and bulimia. Under a strict raw food diet, ...
Article - The Conversation - Mar 26 2015 - 8:30am - 0 attachments
- People With Anorexia, Body Dysmorphic Disorder Share Brain Anomalies
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People with anorexia nervosa and with body dysmorphic disorder have similar abnormalities ... information, according to a new study. People with anorexia have an intense fear of gaining weight and can starve themselves even ... those signals. They compared results for 15 people with anorexia nervosa, 15 people with body dysmorphic disorder and 15 healthy ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2015 - 11:01pm - 0 attachments
- Multitasking Hunger Neurons Also Control Compulsive Behaviors
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... behaviors seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and anorexia nervosa, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine ... clinical trials to address the behavioral aspects of anorexia nervosa and other neuropsychiatric diseases with compulsive behavioral ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2015 - 11:01pm - 0 attachments
- Spanish Men Want Spanish Women To Be Thin More Than Spanish Women Do
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While the cultural debate of nationalized health care is whether or not to let obese people and smokers die(1), a new paper in Spain says males are pressuring women to be thin and it is making females less happy. The psychologists also contend that ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2015 - 11:52pm - 0 attachments
- B1 Deficit Linked To Brain Damage
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... occurs in people who have disorders such as alcoholism and anorexia that lead to malnourishment and is an example of the wide range of ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2014 - 4:30pm - 0 attachments
- Eating Disorders Correlated To Increased Risk Of Autoimmune Diseases
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... and incidence of autoimmune diseases in people with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. Patients ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2014 - 9:21am - 0 attachments
- Does RNA Have Memory? Genes May Remember Starvation
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... to starvation and other physiological challenges, such as anorexia nervosa. "There are possibly several different genetic mechanisms ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2014 - 6:00am - 0 attachments
- For People At Risk Of Suicide, The Internet Is A Blessing And A Curse
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There are websites that encourage anorexia, there are websites that glorify stepping on animals with high heels ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 28 2014 - 5:00pm - 0 attachments
- Bone Marrow Fat Helps The Body Stay Healthy
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... The new study however – which included people with anorexia, patients undergoing chemotherapy, rabbits and mice – suggests that ... adipose tissue and adiponectin increased in humans with anorexia, and in patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation treatment for ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2014 - 12:59pm - 0 attachments
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