Eating Disorders News and Research

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Researchers find behavioral, biological similarities between compulsive overeating and addiction

Does yo-yo dieting drive compulsive eating? There may be a connection. According to Boston University School of Medicine researchers the chronic cyclic pattern of overeating followed by undereating, reduces the brain's ability to feel reward and may drive compulsive eating.

17 Oct 2019

Lack of physician training about eating disorders leading to avoidable deaths

A recent article in the British Medical Journal highlighted a United Kingdom parliamentary report indicating that avoidable deaths are occurring due to lack of physician training about eating disorders in the National Health System.

17 Oct 2019

UC San Diego's CMCR announces research grants to explore cannabis for medical applications

The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, the nation's oldest research center for scientific inquiry into the safety and efficacy of cannabis, has announced $3 million in research grants to explore new applications of cannabis for a number of novel medical applications.

11 Oct 2019

Is mental illness being diagnosed correctly?

An important new piece of research appearing in the journal JAMA Psychiatry questions the accuracy of current diagnostic methods used in mental illness, and the true relevance of the diagnoses to the underlying disturbances in the brain’s function.

10 Oct 2019

Hundreds of trans people regret changing their gender, says trans activist

A transactivist has claimed that hundreds of have gender reassignment regret the decision and want to return to their original sex.

7 Oct 2019

Researchers find eating disorder trends that warrant increased screening

A University at Albany professor has found trends that warrant increased screening for eating disorders, she explains.

1 Oct 2019

Individuals with many different psychiatric disorders have heightened impulsivity, study finds

Individuals with many different psychiatric disorders have a higher tendency to choose smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed rewards, a study led by Hamilton researchers has found.

28 Aug 2019

Stress inhibits eating behavior

Many human beings can’t swallow a thing when faced with significant stress, among other strong emotional states. However, scientists don’t know much about how the brain brings about these emotion-related effects on eating behavior.

19 Aug 2019

Researchers discover how stress can decrease the desire to eat

Eating disorder researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have discovered a neurocircuit in mice that, when activated, increased their stress levels while decreasing their desire to eat. Findings appear in Nature Communications.

18 Aug 2019

Racial and ethnic disparities exist in palliative care use among hospitalized patients with ESKD

Striking racial and ethnic disparities exist in the use of palliative care by hospitalized patients with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report. The findings were published today in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

8 Aug 2019

New improved model for cancer wasting syndrome cachexia

A new model of cancer-related cachexia promises to help scientists understand why patients with cancer show severe wasting, which in turn may drive the development of better therapies.

7 Aug 2019

Study: Causes of anorexia are likely metabolic and psychological

University of Otago, Christchurch researchers played a key role in new global research showing the causes of the eating disorder anorexia are likely metabolic as well as psychological.

17 Jul 2019

Anorexia may be as much a metabolic disorder as it is a psychiatric one, say scientists

A study has found that anorexia nervosa may have a metabolic component that makes some patients lose weight more easily and be harder to treat.

16 Jul 2019

New study identifies eight genetic variants associated with anorexia nervosa

A new large-scale genome-wide association study published in Nature Genetics, has identified eight genetic variants significantly associated with anorexia nervosa; and the research shows that the origins of this serious disorder appear to be both metabolic and psychiatric.

16 Jul 2019

Researchers describe the early warning signs of eating disorders

The early warning signs of eating disorders have been clearly defined in a new study from the Swansea University researchers.

1 Jul 2019

Study reveals early warning signs of having an eating disorder

Early warning signs that someone may have an eating disorder have been revealed in a large-scale data study conducted by Swansea University researchers.

1 Jul 2019

Study explores long-term impact of food restrictions on normal eating patterns in patients

Celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome, crohn's disease and anaphylactic are all instigated by food allergies.

29 Jun 2019

How an orchestra of neurons control hunger pangs

A new study has shown that multiple neurons within the brain come together to regulate the need to eat and feeling of fullness, or satiety.

26 Jun 2019

Loss of body fat causes growth of the intestine

Teagasc research shows that loss of body fat causes the growth of the intestine and increases its capacity to absorb nutrients. This presents new approaches for weight management.

25 Jun 2019

Workshops and online interventions provide support for parents of anorexia patients

In a pilot projected at the University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of MedUni Wien and AKH Wien, parents of anorexia patients were familiarized with the illness in the form of workshops and an online intervention and introduced to skills for the interaction with their children in order to promote healing.

24 Jun 2019

Eating Disorders News and Research

Latest Eating Disorders News and Research

Researchers find behavioral, biological similarities between compulsive overeating and addiction

Lack of physician training about eating disorders leading to avoidable deaths

UC San Diego's CMCR announces research grants to explore cannabis for medical applications

Is mental illness being diagnosed correctly?

Hundreds of trans people regret changing their gender, says trans activist

Researchers find eating disorder trends that warrant increased screening

Individuals with many different psychiatric disorders have heightened impulsivity, study finds

Stress inhibits eating behavior

Researchers discover how stress can decrease the desire to eat

Racial and ethnic disparities exist in palliative care use among hospitalized patients with ESKD

New improved model for cancer wasting syndrome cachexia

Study: Causes of anorexia are likely metabolic and psychological

Anorexia may be as much a metabolic disorder as it is a psychiatric one, say scientists

New study identifies eight genetic variants associated with anorexia nervosa

Researchers describe the early warning signs of eating disorders

Study reveals early warning signs of having an eating disorder

Study explores long-term impact of food restrictions on normal eating patterns in patients

How an orchestra of neurons control hunger pangs

Loss of body fat causes growth of the intestine

Workshops and online interventions provide support for parents of anorexia patients

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