People with anorexia nervosa may be more likely to be early risers, a genetic association study suggested. Looking at nearly 17,000 cases with this eating disorder, genetic liability for anorexia ...

Treatment wasn’t helping her anorexia, so doctors allowed her to stop — no matter the consequences. But is a “palliative” approach to mental illness really ethical? Naomi in November, at 42 years ...

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is associated with a 4.5-fold increased risk for mortality — a rate that nearly doubles when AN patients have psychiatric comorbidities. Researchers analyzed data from 14,774 ...

A new study published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders has found that mortality rates are high in patients with anorexia nervosa and nearly double in the presence of psychiatric ...

Characterized by pathological weight loss driven by restrictive feeding and excessive exercise behaviors, anorexia nervosa (AN) has one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric disease. Some ...