Anorexia nervosa

Calcium Supplements: Do They Help or Harm?

Calcium supplements: do they help or harm?

Menopause. 2013 Jul 22;
Manson JE, Bassuk SS

Current recommendations for calcium intake call for 1,000 mg per day for women ages 19-50 and 1,200 mg per day for women over age… Continue reading

Thirty Years of Blackouts: A Case Report of Swallow Syncope.

Thirty years of blackouts: a case report of swallow syncope.

J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2013; 3(1):
Lambiris I, Mendoza I, Helguera M, Escudero JB, Bonilla C

Deglutition syncope has been demonstrated in isolated case reports, the first… Continue reading

Shifting Paradigms: Continuous Nasogastric Feeding With High Caloric Intakes in Anorexia Nervosa.

Shifting Paradigms: Continuous Nasogastric Feeding With High Caloric Intakes in Anorexia Nervosa.

J Adolesc Health. 2013 Jul 19;
Agostino H, Erdstein J, Di Meglio G

The initial goal of admission for a patient with anorexia nervosa is physiologic stabilization… Continue reading

Neurosurgical Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa: Review of the Literature From Leucotomy to Deep Brain Stimulation.

Neurosurgical Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa: Review of the Literature from Leucotomy to Deep Brain Stimulation.

Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2013 Jul 19;
Lipsman N, Woodside DB, Giacobbe P, Lozano AM

This paper reviews the literature on the surgical treatment… Continue reading

Good Intro for a Paper About Eating Disorders?

Question by Kevin: Good intro for a paper about eating disorders?
Eating disorders are serious conditions with which you are so worried with food and weight that you can’t focus on anything else. The main types of eating disorders are… Continue reading

Is a Gluten-Free Diet Right for You?

Is a gluten-free diet right for you?
There's no proof that community-wide screening for dementia results in any emotional, clinical or economic benefits, new research indicates. There's no proof that community-wide screening for … Registered dietician Rachel Begun, a spokeswoman… Continue reading

Beyond the Paleolithic Prescription: Incorporating Diversity and Flexibility in the Study of Human Diet Evolution.

Beyond the Paleolithic prescription: incorporating diversity and flexibility in the study of human diet evolution.

Nutr Rev. 2013 Aug; 71(8): 501-10
Turner BL, Thompson AL

Evolutionary paradigms of human health and nutrition center on the evolutionary discordance or “mismatch”… Continue reading

Musings of Recovery: Final Edit

Musings of Recovery: Final Edit
Eating disorders are serious psychiatric illnesses not to be trivialized. But recovery is possible. These are the faces of recovery. For more information con…


 

 

Pittsburgh artist's Barbie's just an average ideal
Still, in… Continue reading

12 "superfoods" You Should Be Eating. Want to Improve Your Health and Prevent Disease? Incorporate These Nutrition-Packed Foods Into Your Diet.

12 "superfoods" you should be eating. Want to improve your health and prevent disease? Incorporate these nutrition-packed foods into your diet.

Harv Womens Health Watch. 2013 Mar; 20(7): 1, 7

HubMed – eating

Strategies to Optimize Participation in Diabetes… Continue reading

Why Is Autophagy Important for Melanoma? Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications.

Why is Autophagy Important for Melanoma? Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications.

Semin Cancer Biol. 2013 Jul 12;
Corazzari M, Fimia GM, Lovat P, Piacentini M

As the principle lysosomal mediated mechanism for the degradation of aged or damaged organelles… Continue reading