Anorexia Consequences Need Vigilant Monitoring
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Because adolescent girls with anorexia frequently develop hormonal, blood and bone density abnormalities, they require intensive clinical monitoring, according to a new report.
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It may be obvious that most Britons are overweight. What isn't so obvious is that at least 2 million of them are likely malnourished &#151; and that includes some of the people who are too fat.
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Parents are often unaware when their children are overweight or obese, a study says.
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NEW YORK  - Patients with chronic pain  disorders, such as fibromyalgia, appear to have abnormalities  in the self-monitoring mechanism that allows the discrimination  of internally produced versus externally produced stimuli, new  research shows.
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An appetite-curbing hormone that failed to live up to its early buzz as a possible key to slowing obesity is now being probed as a potential aid for women who suffer from infertility and eating disorders.
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NEW YORK  - Many women may fail to recognize bulimia symptoms in themselves, particularly if they don't go to the extremes of self-induced vomiting, new research suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Simple measures like a person's   body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference are adequate to   gauge their health risks due to excess weight, at least among   older men, UK researchers conclude.
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According to a Stanford University School of Medicine study, people who slept less than eight hours had increased levels ghrelin, a hormone that triggers eating, and lower levels of leptin, a hormone that tells the body it&#39;s full.
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Online symptoms searches can be useful. They can also give you acute misinformation.
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Young patients with acute  lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and a high body mass index, a  measure commonly used to estimate whether a person is  underweight or overweight, at the time of diagnosis are at  increased risk of relapse and other untoward events, according  to researchers.
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A major survey is to try to establish how many people are malnourished when they are admitted to hospitals and care homes.
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Developing an eating disorder as young as 6 or 7 years old has forced many girls into treatment by the age of 12. Because of that, a new facility is set to open in Tucson.
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Operations to treat obesity such as stomach-stapling may work a little too well, causing some patients to develop nerve damage -- a symptom of malnutrition, doctors warned Thursday.
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Patients with chronic pain disorders, such as fibromyalgia, appear to have abnormalities in the self-monitoring mechanism that allows the discrimination of internally produced versus externally produced stimuli, new research shows.
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Obese women have an increased risk of suffering dementia in later life, researchers have claimed. A study followed 290 women born between 1908 and 1922, looking at the relationship between body mass index
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Like many teenage girls, Lee Ann Thill was obsessed with her appearance. A diabetic, she was already suffering from bulimia &#151; forcing herself to throw up to lose weight. But it wasn't enough, and she'd recently put on 20 pounds.
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The SmartPill GI Monitoring System includes a vitamin-size sensor that is swallowed and provides data from inside a person's body about a painful gastrointestinal problem.