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Remuda Ranch (www.remudaranch.com) Reports Many Patients with Eating Disorders Exhibit Weight and Body Checking Behaviors PHOENIX, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Everyone checks their body to some extent, but many people with eating disorders repeatedly check their body and often in a way that's unusual. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090604/CG27861LOGO) "Sometimes body and weight checking becomes second nature and many individuals with eating disorders don't even realize they're...
African-American girls are 50 percent more likely to be bulimic than white girls, researchers said. Michelle Goeree of the University of Southern California, John Ham of the University of Maryland and Daniela Iorio of the Universitat de Autonoma Barcelona in Spain said the study findings challenge the widespread perception that bulimia primarily affects privileged, white teenagers such as Gossip Girl character Blair Waldorf. Using data from a 10-year survey of more than 2,300 girls in...
NEW YORK, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Eating disorders have become a common thread in the fabric of American society. From obesity to anorexia, most Americans have had some sort of experience with eating disorders. Below are a variety of expert guests who can address these issues on your program and keep your audience tuned in to hear about useful solutions to these problems. Gastric Band Surgery Doesn't Address All Obesity Issues As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo can discuss...
Delta Dental of Illinois warns against serious oral health complications during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week LISLE, Ill., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Dental of Illinois wants to call attention to the dangers surrounding eating disorders and the need for early intervention and treatment during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week -- Feb. 22 - 28. Eating disorders are a serious healthcare concern and can cause a variety of oral health complications. (Logo:...
CHICAGO, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Monthly menstrual cycles produce many uncomfortable, and sometimes painful, symptoms, which can include cramps, headaches and bloating. With more intense, painful menstruation, a condition otherwise known as dysmenorrhea, regular vomiting also is a symptom. This monthly recurrence can cause severe tooth erosion, according to a study in the November/December 2008 issue of General Dentistry, the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) clinical,...
A PhD thesis defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has investigated the relationship between adolescents' perception of their physical qualities and their psychological well-being and unwellness.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 no investigation into the relationship that physical...
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 report in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.Bulimia nervosa often begins in the adolescent or young adult years, according to background information in the article. "Primarily affecting girls and women, it is...
Individuals suffering from eating disorders may benefit from "talking therapies," a type of therapy that aims to correct obsessive feelings, announced UK researchers. They stated that this form of cognitive behavioral therapy could be the answer to the majority of these disorders. An American Journal of Psychiatry study, conducted by the University of Oxford, believes this method to be "complete and lasting." Currently, the treatment is authoritatively recommended just for...
The bounty of food and beverages during the holidays can bring extra challenges for those with eating disorders, a U.S. expert says. The office parties, festivities and family gatherings between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day bring an overabundance of food, as well as anxiety, and can be definite triggers for many suffering from eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, says Janice Poplack of The Menninger Clinic in Houston. The anxiety the holidays can bring for...
CNS Response, Inc. (OTCBB: CNSO) reported today the results of a study presented at the U.S. Psychiatric and Mental Health Congress by James Greenblatt, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Walden Behavioral Care Inpatient Psychiatry and Eating Disorder Programs, in Waltham, MA. The poster presentation, titled "EEG Guided Medication Predictions in Treatment Refractory Eating Disorder Patients with Comorbid Depression, Opportunities for Personalized Medicine in Managed Healthcare," provided an...
