Diabetes

Bulimia nervosa tied to increased risk of type 2 diabetes

(HealthDay)—Binge eating disorder (BED) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are associated with increased incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a study published in the September issue of the International ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A comparison of two home exercises to treat vertigo

A CU School of Medicine researcher who suffers from benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and had to "fix it" before she could go to work one day was using a maneuver to treat herself that only made her sicker. "So ...

Medications

Use of psychedelic drugs remains prevalent in the US

An article published in F1000Research, and approved for indexing in PubMed and other major bibliographical databases, estimates that there were approximately 32 million users of psychedelic drugs in the United States in 2010.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Alcohol use disorder is widespread, often untreated in the US

Alcohol use disorder as defined by a new diagnostic classification was widespread and often untreated in the United States, with a lifetime prevalence of 29.1 percent but only 19.8 percent of adults were ever treated, according ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Panic attacks troubling, but treatable

Actress Amanda Seyfried says she undergoes therapy for them. They were a staple of the cable TV show "The Sopranos." And in probably the most high-profile occurrence of the past year, pro golfer Charlie Beljan had one on ...

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