June 5, 2007 (Toronto) — Female patients with anorexia nervosa who do not have regular menstrual cycles suffer from decreased levels of androgens, which is exacerbated by the use of oral ...

A Southern California woman who at 5-foot-7 weighed only 40 pounds because of anorexia has made major improvements and was almost unrecognizable Tuesday. Last May, 37-year-old Rachael Farrokh was so ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low levels of the hormone testosterone in women with anorexia nervosa are associated with anxiety, depression and bone loss, Harvard researchers told attendees of the ...

Women at opposite extremes of the weight spectrum have low levels of the neuroactive steroid allopregnanolone, according to new research published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology. Previous ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Anorexic women with a history of childhood anxiety may have particularly severe symptoms of the eating disorder, a study suggests. It's known that anxiety disorders, like ...

CHICAGO - Prozac is often used to treat anorexia, but researchers found it didn't stop young women from resuming their self-starving ways. In a small study, more than half of the women who got Prozac ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that women suffering from anorexia nervosa and those who are obese respond differently to taste, a finding that could ...

If anorexics and bulimics can be thought of as dieting junkies, the best treatment may be a drug that is usually given to addicts. A Detroit scientist tested naltrexone, the drug of choice for kicking ...

Marie Tidball says her anorexia began when she was a teenager after her leg was amputated.