African-American Women and Eating Disorders: Depression, and the Strong Black Woman Archetype By Carolyn Coker Ross, MD, MPH, CEDS While eating disorders have long been considered a… Read More
From Across the Desk Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity.- Arnold H. Glasow This month, our… Read More
More Genetic Evidence Found in Anorexia Nervosa Recent large studies point to 8 regions in the genome. As previously described in Eating… Read More
Another Brain Change Noted in Anorexia Nervosa Patients With weight recovery, plasma neurofilament light chain levels fell. A number of structural brain changes… Read More
Linking Emotion and Impulsivity with Binge Eating Two studies probe reasons for persisting episodes. Binge-eating disorder (BED) is now the most common… Read More
Men with Eating Disorders: Data Are Scarce Authors call for a new evaluation of diagnostic criteria among men. For a long time,… Read More
Selling Health and Happiness on Instagram Study shows how ‘influencers’ use the social network to promote their products in the guise… Read More
Improving Gastroenterologists’ Awareness of Eating Disorders Red flags include progressive food restriction and fear of food. In a recent interview, gastroenterologist… Read More
Predicting the Return of Menses in Anorexia Nervosa Patients A relatively simple and widely available test aids the diagnosis. Despite the fact that the… Read More
Tracking Self-Image and Treatment Outcome A patient’s initial self-image had an impact on outcome a year later. Self-image, or the… Read More
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Looking for the Cause of Clubbed Nails Q. I have a new patient, a 23-year-old woman, who has significant clubbing of her fingernails… Read More
In the Next Issue When Your Patient Refuses Treatment As many as one in five persons with anorexia nervosa… Read More