First acknowledged as a formal diagnosis in 2013, ARFID shares some surface similarities with anorexia. But while the ...

Racial discrimination, bullying, sexism and other forms of discrimination have also been shown to increase the risk for ...

Repeated vomiting results in the development of a hypokalemic, hypochloremic, metabolic alkalosis, requiring potassium repletion as treatment. [7] Acid-base balance may be further complicated by ...

Anorexia (Anorexia Nervosa) is a serious medical condition that leads to problems with eating. People having anorexia, worry a lot about how their body looks and how much they weigh. They avoid ...

Anorexia nervosa is more than just a battle with food; it's a profound and often hidden struggle with self-image, control, ...

When someone finds self-identity and sense of purpose in a disease, treatment can be extremely difficult. That's the case with anorexia, say experts -- a seductive illness that becomes like a ...

Several trials evaluating the treatment of anorexia nervosa and use of hormone therapy in those women, the use of bisphosphonates in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer and the use of ...

The Renfrew Center of Bethesda, Maryland is an outpatient facility specializing in the treatment of anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating as well as the full range of eating disorders. Programming ...

Because of the dangers inherent to anorexia and other eating disorders, early identification and comprehensive treatment can be life-saving. Researchers have long been probing the underlying ...

A woman from north Wales with anorexia has said she believes she will die without specialist treatment which is only available privately in England. Amy Ellis from Broughton, Flintshire ...

I certainly didn’t write it thinking it would contribute to the treatment of anorexia. But that would be a hope, certainly.