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Voting behavior cannot be predicted by one or two genes as previous researchers have claimed, according to Evan Charney, a Duke University professor of public policy and political science. http://phys.org/news249736983.html Other Sciences Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:23:31 EST news249736983 (PhysOrg.com) -- While female perfection is often portrayed in the media as young, white and thin, body-image issues and eating disorders affect all ethnic groups, says a Northeastern psychologist. http://phys.org/news220003556.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:06:26 EST news220003556 Eating disorders are prevalent in the general U.S. adolescent population and are associated with other psychiatric disorders, role impairment, and suicidality, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the July print issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://phys.org/news218739081.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:20:34 EST news218739081 Although traditionally considered two quite separate conditions, many similarities in characteristics have previously been found in those with a clinical diagnosis of an eating disorder and a clinical diagnosis of autism. http://phys.org/news216565420.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:20:11 EST news216565420 The results of a new study showed that the more time girls spend on Facebook, the more they suffered conditions of bulimia, anorexia, physical dissatisfaction, negative physical self-image, negative approach to eating and more of an urge to be on a weight-loss diet. Extensive online exposure to fashion and music content showed similar tendencies, but manifested in fewer types of eating disorders. http://phys.org/news216297693.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:43:06 EST news216297693 Scientists at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have identified both common and rare gene variants associated with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. In the largest genetic study of this psychiatric disorder, the researchers found intriguing clues to genes they are subjecting to further investigation, including genes active in neuronal signaling and in shaping interconnections among brain cells. http://phys.org/news209391630.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:40:01 EST news209391630 A new study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Norwegian researchers has found that women with anorexia nervosa are much more likely to have both unplanned pregnancies and induced abortions than women who don't have the serious eating disorder. http://phys.org/news207572549.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:02:54 EST news207572549 The eating disorder anorexia nervosa causes potentially serious eye damage, suggests a small study published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. http://phys.org/news206769794.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:50:01 EST news206769794 Family-based therapy, in which parents of adolescents with anorexia nervosa are enlisted to interrupt their children's disordered behaviors, is twice as effective as individual psychotherapy at producing full remission of the disease, new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the University of Chicago shows. The study is the first head-to-head comparison of these two common treatment approaches for adolescents suffering from the eating disorder. http://phys.org/news205431071.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:30:06 EST news205431071 In high-income countries, diseases related to vitamin deficiencies are not as frequent as in poorer settings but are nonetheless regular occurrences. In a Clinical Picture published Online First and in next week's Lancet, the case of a 24-year-old pregnant woman suffering vitamin A deficiency is reported. The Clinical Picture is written by Dr Stephen H Tsang, Edward Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA, and colleagues. http://phys.org/news198572640.html Medicine & Health Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:30:01 EST news198572640 A team of American psychologists and neuroscientists have found that adult brain volume, which can be reduced by Anorexia Nervosa, can be regained. The research, published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, revealed that through specialist treatment patients with this eating disorder can reverse this symptom and regain grey matter volume. http://phys.org/news194091567.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 May 2010 11:30:05 EST news194091567 Diagnostic cutoffs for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa may be too strict, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has found. Many patients who do not meet full criteria for these diseases are nevertheless quite ill, and the diagnosis they now receive, "Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified," may delay their ability to get treatment. http://phys.org/news190265644.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:00:02 EST news190265644 Boston, Mass.-- People with anorexia nervosa, paradoxically, have strikingly high levels of fat within their bone marrow, report researchers at Children's Hospital Boston. Their findings, based on MRI imaging of the knees of 20 girls with anorexia and 20 healthy girls of the same age, appear in the February issue of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. http://phys.org/news184950488.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:00:01 EST news184950488 Getting your teenager to drink a chocolate milkshake isn't something most parents need to worry about. But this is just the approach used in one treatment for anorexia nervosa. Known as Behavioral Family Therapy, or the Maudsley Approach, parents are called up on to supervise the eating habits of their anorexic child, feeding them high-calorie meals like milkshakes and macaroni and cheese until they regain a healthy weight. http://phys.org/news157901274.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:29:53 EST news157901274