Anorexia signals suffering, not vanity
Sydney Morning Herald – Last year Melinda Tankard Reist, the director of Women’s Forum Australia, wrote an alarming column about eight-year-old girls being admitted to hospital with anorexia. In the same paper that day, another article quoted Dr Elliot Berry, a nutritionist
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Eating disorders
Daytona Beach News-Journal – People with anorexia don’t maintain a normal weight because they refuse to eat enough, often exercise obsessively, and sometimes force themselves to vomit or use laxatives to lose weight. Menstrual periods cease; thinning of bones develops; hair and
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Selah House Announces Website Improvements with help from Plan B
dBusinessNews.com – ( INDIANAPOLIS , IN January 30, 2008) Selah House, an eating disorder treatment center for adult women who are seeking to recover from the effects of anorexia and bulimia, announced the launch of newly upgraded website at www.selahhouse.net . The
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Her ‘Girl’ has a real Oscar look
Boston Globe – Haglund will speak about her battle with anorexia at the 12th annual Harris Center public forum, “Redefining Perfection: Beauty, Fashion and Body Image,” at the Radcliffe Gymnasium on March 11. Joining the 19-year-old aspiring Broadway star will be
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Dangerous Extremes
Daytona Beach News-Journal – Sixty percent of the risk for anorexia and bulimia is hereditary,” Powers said. “We’re seeing more mothers and daughters.” Although psychologists agree the causes are complex, most heap a large portion of the blame on current culture. “There’s such an
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UTMB wins $3.4M addiction-recovery drug grant
Houston Business Journal – Changes in serotonin signaling have also been linked to such disorders as depression, anxiety and anorexia, Cunningham said, and could lead to other discoveries. “Our new research may jump-start a new generation of discovery for anti-addiction and
Source: houston.bizjournals.com
Compulsion destruction
Daytona Beach News-Journal – Here are 45 health problems connected to eating disorders compiled by something-fishy.org, a Web site devoted to helping people with anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating. 1. Malnutrition: This can be caused by undereating or overeating, and it
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