ALLMedicine™ Bulimia Nervosa Center

Sep 21st, 2021 - Adolescents with anorexia (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) often struggle with emotion regulation (ER). These difficulties have predominantly been assessed across emotions, without considering adaptive and maladaptive ER separately. We compared adole...

Sep 11th, 2021 - Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, female athlete triad, bulimia nervosa, obesity, and binge eating initially emerge during adolescence. These disorders are present primarily in females, but males may also present with these conditions. De...

Sep 1st, 2021 - People with eating disorders suffer from a mental disorder that negatively affects their physical and/or mental health. The three most frequent eating disorders are binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and anorexia nervosa. Environmental and ge...

Aug 23rd, 2021 - To review the recent literature on the epidemiology of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa in terms of incidence, prevalence and mortality. Although the overall incidence rate of anorexia nervosa is considerably stable over the past decades, the ...

Aug 19th, 2021 - Occasionally, patients with eating disorders have been subsequently diagnosed with esophageal achalasia. We sought to establish whether eating disorders and achalasia coexisted more often than expected by chance alone. National record-linkage stud...

Apr 28th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. COVID-19 and its resulting lockdowns are linked to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and other adverse outcomes among patients with ea...

Sep 23rd, 2020 - About 2 years ago, I wrote my first commentary for Medscape on obesity, a topic that is both close to my heart and something we encounter ubiquitously in clinical practice. I was thrilled to see hundreds of responses pouring in. But the excitement...

Feb 18th, 2020 - LAS VEGAS – No evidence-based medications are approved for the treatment of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, but olanzapine is a sensible option to consider, according to Timothy D. Brewerton, MD.

Apr 25th, 2018 - Eating disorders (EDs) affect people of all ages, sexes, and ethnic/racial groups and are associated with significant psychosocial impairment, new research shows. Investigators analyzed data from more than 35,000 US adults and found that women had...

Nov 15th, 2017 - To the Editor: Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is an inherited defect in zinc absorption that leads to hypozincemia. Its clinical presentation can vary based on serum zinc level and ranges from periorificial erosive dermatitis to psoriasiform de.