Women diagnosed with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa are five (500%) times more likely on average to have underweight babies, according to a comprehensive new study. Results presented today at ...

June 5, 2007 (Toronto) — Female patients with anorexia nervosa who do not have regular menstrual cycles suffer from decreased levels of androgens, which is exacerbated by the use of oral ...

When you think of anorexia nervosa, what comes to mind? If you’re like most people, you probably think of a teenage girl, obsessed with counting calories, struggling with perfectionism and dangerously ...

Experts are calling this a “game-changer” for future treatments.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Danielle says she hates the feeling of food in her stomach. The 34-year-old, living with severe anorexia and bulimia since she was ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low levels of the hormone testosterone in women with anorexia nervosa are associated with anxiety, depression and bone loss, Harvard researchers told attendees of the ...

Women at opposite extremes of the weight spectrum have low levels of the neuroactive steroid allopregnanolone, according to new research published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. Previous ...

BOSTON, Mass. - In a study of suicidal behavior of 246 women with eating disorders over a span of 8.6 years, Debra L. Franko, an associate professor of counseling psychology at Northeastern University ...

A Canadian woman who has suffered from a debilitating eating disorder for decades may soon be eligible for medically assisted death under Canadian law. Lisa Pauli, who suffers from anorexia, told ...

A small new study suggests that magic mushrooms may one day offer a new treatment for anorexia nervosa, a serious eating disorder marked by severe food restriction, an intense fear of gaining weight ...