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Two genes do not make a voter: new research

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.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In matters of body image, one size doesn't fit all

(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.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research uncovers a secret society connecting through the Internet

It can be a helpless and heartbreaking situation for families as they try to confront a family member with an eating disorder. What they may not know is that there's a society on the Internet that is dedicated to thwarting ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 10

Eating disorders linked with autism in school children

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.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook users more prone to developing eating disorders

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene links to anorexia found

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Women with anorexia nervosa more likely to have unplanned pregnancies

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eating disorder anorexia nervosa causes potentially serious eye damage

The eating disorder anorexia nervosa causes potentially serious eye damage, suggests a small study published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Family therapy for anorexia twice as effective as individual therapy, researchers find

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vitamin A deficiency in New York City

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 ca ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain volume found to change following weight gain in adults with anorexia

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, reveal ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eating disorder cutoffs miss some of sickest patients, study finds

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anorexics found to have excess fat-- in their bone marrow

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Disordered eating may affect 10 to 15 percent of women

Several maladaptive eating behaviors, beyond anorexia, can affect women. Indeed, some 10 to 15 percent of women have maladaptive eating behaviours and attitudes according to new study from the Université de Montréal ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Excessive exercise can be addicting, new study says

Although exercise is good for your health, extreme exercise may be physically addicting. Rats given a drug that produces withdrawal in heroin addicts went into withdrawal after running excessively in exercise wheels, according ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1