http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Estrogen replacement therapy is associated with a significant decrease in anxiety symptoms among girls with anorexia nervosa, a new clinical trial finds. The results will be presented today at The Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting in San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-estrogen-therapy-anxiety-anorexia-nervosa.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:06:30 EST news290682345 (HealthDay)—When teens start dating, parents' worries grow—and experts say that dating violence should be on their list of concerns. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-teen-dating-abusive-violent.html Pediatrics Fri, 10 May 2013 12:46:19 EST news287408770 (Medical Xpress)—Taking part in unhealthy eating behaviors may cause women who are concerned about their diet and self-image to experience a worsening of their moods, according to Penn State researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-unhealthy-bad-mood-worse.html Health Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:58:49 EST news282571115 Peers exert a greater influence on teenage girls' dissatisfaction with their bodies than do thin ideals in television or social media use, according to new research by Dr. Christopher J. Ferguson and colleagues from Texas A&M International University in the U.S. Their study is published online in Springer's Journal of Youth and Adolescence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-peer-pressure-trumps-thin-ideals.html Health Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:48:21 EST news278776093 (HealthDay)—Binge eaters commonly prepare foods using a strange mixture of ingredients, such as mashed potatoes and Oreo cookies or chips with lemon, pork rinds, Italian dressing and salt, a new study says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-strange-food-pairings-binge.html Health Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:57:17 EST news276800228 Pregnant women with mental health disorders are facing too many barriers to help them quit smoking during pregnancy despite their willingness to accept support, finds a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cessation-pregnant-women-mental-disorders.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:20:02 EST news272650314 (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 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have demonstrated in experimental models that blocking the Sigma-1 receptor, a cellular protein, reduced binge eating and caused binge eaters to eat more slowly. The research, which is published online in Neuropsychopharmacology, was led by Pietro Cottone, PhD, and Valentina Sabino, PhD, both assistant professors in the pharmacology and psychiatry departments at BUSM. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-role-cellular-protein-binge.html Neuroscience Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:36:47 EST news259425400 Although cognitive-behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy, as well as the anticonvulsant topiramate, can help patients who binge eat, a magic bullet for the disorder remains elusive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-mysteries-unsolved-binge-eating-disorder.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:30:44 EST news259403363 A new systematic assessment of malnutrition, created by researchers at Penn State, will aid dietitians and other health care providers in diagnosis and treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-unveil-malnutrition.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 03 May 2012 12:00:06 EST news255261030 Low doses of a commonly used atypical antipsychotic drug improved survival in a mouse model of anorexia nervosa, University of Chicago researchers report this month. The result offers promise for a common and occasionally fatal eating disorder that currently lacks approved drugs for treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-antipsychotic-drug-treatment-anorexia-nervosa.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:20:40 EST news252775228 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 Deakin University psychology researchers have found that body image isn't always a negative experience for women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-body-image-women-wellbeing.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:45:18 EST news247214709 (Medical Xpress) -- A new approach for diagnosing patients with anorexia nervosa has been developed at the University of Sydney. The approach could have a significant impact on the treatment and recovery of sufferers, as well as reducing the strain on public health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-approach-anorexia-nervosa.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:42:45 EST news245313744 People who fear the unknown or view uncertainty as especially negative or threatening are more likely to report symptoms of eating disorders, according to new ANU research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-uncertainty-disorders-linked.html Health Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:30:01 EST news240657637 Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that people can become dependent on highly palatable foods and engage in a compulsive pattern of consumption, similar to the behaviors we observe in drug addicts and those with alcoholism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-evidence-food-addiction-humans.html Addiction Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:50:45 EST news229657824 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