http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Could the emergency room be a good place to spot undiagnosed eating disorders among teens, and help steer them to treatment? A new study from the University of Michigan suggests that could be the case. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-disorders-teen-er-patients-opportunity.html Health Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:44:10 EST news272544240 (Medical Xpress)—Children at risk for eating disorders on average have a higher IQ and better working memory but have poorer attentional control, according to researchers at the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH). The study, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, looked at what characteristics might make some children more likely to develop an eating disorder later in life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-children-disorders-higher-iq-memory.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:52:18 EST news269592610 Eating disorders can be triggered by lack of support following traumatic events such as bereavement, relationship problems, abuse and sexual assault, according to research published in the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing. Even changing school or moving home can prove too much for some young people and lead to conditions such as anorexia or bulimia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-family-life-reveals-key-events.html Health Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:36:26 EST news254482580 Researchers at Drexel University have found that a majority of women with bulimia nervosa reach their highest-ever body weight after developing their eating disorder, despite the fact that the development of the illness is characterized by significant weight loss. Their new study, published online last month in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, adds to a body of recent work that casts new light on the importance of weight history in understanding and treating bulimia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-women-bulimia-disorder-weight.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:58:56 EST news249735492 Named in a scientific paper for the first time in 1979, bulimia nervosa has been studied extensively since. But while researchers explore its causes, diagnosis and treatment, the origins of the condition have attracted considerably less attention. Chrissie Giles meets two researchers who were instrumental in establishing bulimia nervosa as an eating disorder to find out more about their thoughts on its history. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-blue-bulimia-nervosa-modern-disease.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:53:47 EST news248946791 Nearly 100 children aged between five and seven in Britain have been treated for anorexia or bulimia in the past three years, according to figures released on Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-anorexic-britain.html Health Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:50:18 EST news231414285 Bulimia nervosa is a severe eating disorder associated with episodic binge eating followed by extreme behaviors to avoid weight gain such as self-induced vomiting, use of laxatives or excessive exercise. It is poorly understood how brain function may be involved in bulimia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-brain-disorders-impact-function.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:40:57 EST news229614015