Anorexia nervosa
Disease
Is solution worth the side effects?...the letter from "Lost in Ohio,'' the high-school junior whose ex-girlfriend has an eating disorder. You recommended contacting the Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders organization. My daughter also had an eating disorder. Her life was... In this article: Antidepressant, Eating disorder, Anorexia nervosa, National Kidney Foundation, and Indianapolis |
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UW Dawg Pound | 6 days ago
The Worlds Largest Collection of Cougar Jokes
The worst part was that 15 of them hadn't been colored in yet! Unknown. You heard of the Cougar who broke his leg raking leaves? A: Anorexic. Q: What does a Cougar grad call a Husky grad? 2. If your computer says, "Printer out of...
In this article: God, Saint Peter, Chicken, Washington State University, Harvard, Rose Bowl, and Seattle
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Jezebel | November 22, 2009
Is Binge Eating A Legitimate Eating Disorder? [Weighty Matters]
...of patients who fit the broad description of binge eaters, psychiatrists must decide whether "binge eating disorder" should stand alongside anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as a separate psychiatric condition - identifiable by a distinct...
In this article: Binge eating disorder, Eating disorder, Binge eating, DSM, Bulimia nervosa, Compulsive overeating, Obesity, and Los Angeles Times
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Medical News Today | November 21, 2009
Dietary Management In Eating Disorder Patients
...was a greater symptom response in patients at lower BMI values. Consistent with this last finding, symptom provocation was more common in anorexia nervosa patients. Hence negative energy balance appears to play a role in F-S sensitivity in...
In this article: Eating disorder, Sorbitol, Hydrogen, Irritable bowel syndrome, and Glucose
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MedicineNet | November 19, 2009
Using Cell Phones, Internet to Battle Eating Disorders
...help people with bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder, although there's some doubt about the effectiveness of the treatments. Anorexia nervosa, in which people eat little or nothing, is an exception, the researchers said. For people...
In this article: Eating disorder, Bulimia nervosa, The Lancet, Self-help, and Binge-eating
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Science News Online | November 19, 2009
FOR KIDS: New twists for phantom limbs
...system. Although the study itself is interesting, it may be able to help people with other kinds of mental disorders. A person with anorexia nervosa, for example, loses her appetite and/or stops eating, sometimes with fatal results. People...
In this article: V.S. Ramachandran, Phantom limb, Anorexia, Vomiting, University of California, San Diego, and Stockholm
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Omaha World-Herald | November 13, 2009
Feeding dispute ends parent rights
...attorney who represented Benjamin Langston. Joanna Langston, according to Friday's ruling, had been treated for an eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, since she was a teenager and had been diagnosed with several other mental illnesses. She...
In this article: Supreme Court, A Lincoln, Munchausen syndrome, and Eating disorder
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Centre Daily Times | November 02, 2009
Paper Finds Microdroplet PCR Enrichment Is Ideal Targeted Sequencing Solution For Large-Scale Population Studies
...M.D., Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute and a co-author. "For instance, we're now using it to understand the causes of anorexia nervosa. We also can use the technology to comprehend a disease's response to a therapy or to...
In this article: Nature Biotechnology, California, U.S.A., and Lexington
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Kansas City Star | October 26, 2009
Mom pleads guilty to neglect in daughter's death
...her food intake and forced her to wear plastic bags instead of clothes. </p><p>Emily Errico was found dead from malnutrition and anorexia nervosa in January 2007 in the family's home in Garwood, a town of more than 4,000 residents outside...
In this article: New Jersey and New York City
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Independent.ie | October 19, 2009
200,000 Irish people suffer from an eating disorder
Anorexia Nervosa is characterised by an individual's refusal to eat enough to maintain a normal body weight. In extreme cases this can bring on starvation leading to increased risk of heart failure, osteoporosis and a risk of kidney...
In this article: Eating disorder, Vomiting, Binge eating, Bulimia nervosa, Dehydration, Osteoporosis, Heart failure, and Ireland
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ShoppingBlog.com | October 16, 2009
NOW Demands Ralph Lauren Do More Than Just Apologize for Anorexic Ad
Ralph Lauren may have apologized for running an ad that had been so photoshopped that the model looked like an anorexic alien, but that's not good enough for NOW. National Organization of Women vice-president Erin Matson is calling for an...
In this article: Ralph Lauren, Anorexia, Anorexic, and National Organization of Women
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Anorexia Nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Individuals with anorexia are known to commonly control body weight through the means of voluntary starvation, purging, vomiting, excessive exercise, or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs. It primarily affects adolescent females, however approximately 10% of people with the diagnosis are male. Anorexia nervosa is a complex condition, that eventually, in most cases leads to death, involving neurobiological, psychological, and sociological components.
The term anorexia is of Greek origin: a (α, prefix of negation), n (ν, link between two vowels) and orexis (ορεξις, appetite) thus meaning a lack of desire to eat. A person who is diagnosed with anorexia nervosa is most commonly referred to with the adjectival form anorexic. The noun form, "anorectic" is generally not used in this context and usually refers to drugs that suppress appetite.
"Anorexia nervosa" is frequently shortened to "anorexia" in both the popular media and television reports. This is technically incorrect, as the term "anorexia" used separately refers to the medical symptom of reduced appetite (which therefore is distinguishable from anorexia nervosa in being non-psychiatric).
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