When presented with a vignette describing the behaviors and characteristics of a patient with disordered eating, only a quarter of mental health providers who participated in a new study were able to ...

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder marked by uncontrollable binge-eating and subsequent purging by vomiting or using laxatives or diuretics. Other compensatory behaviors after binging include ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Opiant”) (NASDAQ: OPNT), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing pharmacological treatments for addictions ...

Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by cycles of binge eating and purging through methods like self-induced vomiting or taking laxatives. In the US, it will affect 1.5% of women and up ...

Bulimia nervosa (BN), or bulimia, is a mental health disorder characterized by binge eating and a fear of gaining weight, which drives people to try and avoid weight gain, usually by compensatory ...

Previous studies have noted that some bulimia nervosa patients have low levels of a hormone called leptin in their blood, while others have normal levels. Researchers from Italy suspect this hormone ...

Women with a history of bulimia nervosa are at 4 times the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. It is well known that bulimia nervosa is associated with short-term risk for cardiovascular ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Substance use disorders appeared to increase excess mortality among patients with eating disorders, according to ...

-Data published in International Journal of Eating Disorders show patients in the Qsymia group had 75% decrease in binge day frequency compared with 19% for placebo- CAMPBELL, Calif., Nov. 20, 2019 ...

In the 1970s, they tried lithium. Then it was zinc and THC. Anti-anxiety drugs had their turn. So did Prozac and SSRIs and atypical antidepressants. Nothing worked. Patients with anorexia were still ...