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New Psychotherapy Has Potential To Treat Majority Of Cases Of Eating Disorders
Wellcome Trust researchers have developed a new form of psychotherapy that has been shown to have the potential to treat more than eight out of ten cases of eating disorders in adults, a new study reports. This new "enhanced" form of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT-E) builds on and improves the current leading treatment for bulimia nervosa as recommended by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
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Probing The Prevalence Of Disordered Eating Behaviors In Diabetics
Children with diabetes are at an increased risk for developing eating disorders and researchers want to know if it's their disease or treatment that's to blame. "Diabetes treatment prescribes obsessive food behavior, such as carbohydrate restriction," said Dr. Deborah Young-Hyman, pediatric psychologist in the Medical College of Georgia's Georgia Prevention Institute.
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Animal Studies Show Sugar Can Be Addictive
A Princeton University scientist presented new evidence demonstrating that sugar can be an addictive substance, wielding its power over the brains of lab animals in a manner similar to many drugs of abuse. Professor Bart Hoebel and his team in the Department of Psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute have been studying signs of sugar addiction in rats for years. Until now, the rats under study have met two of the three elements of addiction.
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2008 American College Of Neuropsychopharmacology's Annual Meeting
WHAT: A special telebriefing with renowned brain and behavior researchers who will headline the 2008 American College of Neuropsychopharmacology's Annual Meeting WHO: Bill Carlezon, PhD, Chair of ACNP's Public Information Committee Roger Pittman, MD, Harvard Medical School/Mass.
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Anorexia Shown To Impair Adolescent Bone Development
Children and teenagers with even mild cases of anorexia exhibit abnormal bone structure, according to a new study appearing in the December issue of Radiology and presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). "Adolescence is the most critical period for growth of bone mass, and the onset of anorexia interferes with that process," said Miriam A. Bredella, M.D.
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