Hollyoaks actress Melissa Wells reveals secret battle with bulimia
In the months leading up to her prom night, Melissa Wells plummeted from a size ten to a size six. The Hollyoaks actress's eating disorder started when she was 14 and lasted for 6 years. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mind Your Own Womb
Somewhere there is a woman: 30, no children. People ask her, "Still no kids?" Her response varies from day to day, but it usually includes forced smiles and restraint.
"Nope, not yet," she says with a chuckle, muffling her frustration.
"Well, don't wait forever. That clock is ticking, ya know," the sage says before departing, happy with herself for imparting such erudite wisdom. The sage leaves. The woman holds her smile. Alone, she cries...
Cries because she's been pregnant 4 times and miscarried every one.
Cries because she started trying for a baby on her wedding night, and that was 5 years ago.
Cries because her...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Quick Facts About Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Binge-Eating, & Bulimia
This article describes quick facts and statistics about the three most common eating disorders, anorexia, binge-eating, and bulimia.
Facts About Anorexia
An estimated 0.5 to 3.7 percent of women suffer from anorexia nervosa in their lifetime. In any given year,the prevalence rate is approximately 0.4 percent in women (it is unknown in men). Women experience this condition 10 times more often than men.
Symptoms of anorexia include:
Resistance to maintaining body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height
Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight
Disturbance in the way in w...
Source: Psych Central - May 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jane Framingham, Ph.D. Tags: Anorexia Binge Eating Bulimia Disorders facts about anorexia facts about binge eating facts about bulimia statistics on anorexia statistics on binge eating statistics on bulimia statistics on eating disorders Source Type: news
YouTuber Ducating Shanny reveals what it is liketo live with bulimia
An eating disorder blogger who suffered from bulimia for 18 years has shared her experiences with the illness in a harrowing video that shows how she would binge eat and then make herself sick. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health Consequences of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders — such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating — are serious, potentially life-threatening conditions that affect a person’s emotional and physical health. Eating disorders are neither a fad nor a phase that a person goes through. Such a belief minimizes the seriousness of these disorders and discourages their treatment. There are serious health consequences that result from leaving these disorders go untreated,
Eating disorders are real, complex, and devastating conditions that can have serious consequences for health, productivity, and relationships. People struggling with an eating diso...
Source: Psych Central - May 17, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jane Framingham, Ph.D. Tags: Anorexia Binge Eating Bulimia Disorders Eating Disorders General Healthy Living anorexia health problems Binge Eating Disorder bulimia health problems Health Consequences Source Type: news
What Causes Vomiting?
Discussion
Regurgitation is a passive expulsion of ingested material out of the mouth. It is a normal part of digestion for ruminants such as cows and camels. Nausea is an unpleasant abdominal perception that the person may describe as feeling ill to the stomach, or feeling like he/she is going to vomit. Anorexia is frequently observed. Nausea is usually associated with decreased stomach activity and motility in the small intestine. Parasympathetic activity may be increased causing pale skin, sweating, hypersalivation and possible vasovagal syndrome (hypotension and bradycardia). Retching or dry heaves is when there are sp...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 2, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Eating disorders are more common in some schools than others - but why?
New research has found that young women with eating disorders are more likely to go to schools with more girls, and with more highly educated parents. Research author Helen Bould explores why this might be Diagnosed eating disorders are more common in some schools than others: schools with greater proportions of female students, and schools with higher numbers of children with university-educated parents. These were the headline results of our study, published last week in the International Journal of Epidemiology (open access). Eating disorders are serious illnesses (someone with bulimia nervosa is around twice as likely ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 28, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Helen Bould Tags: Science Eating disorders Health Mental health Society Source Type: news
Attending all-girl school linked to increased risk of eating disorders
Conclusion
Eating disorders are fairly common among adolescent girls, and can take a terrible toll on health that lasts throughout life. They affect bone strength and fertility, and are hard to treat and recover from.
Researching factors that might affect the risk of getting an eating disorder is important, and this study is a helpful first step in looking at ways in which schools could reduce that risk.
But this study can only tell us so much. Researchers already know that girls are more prone to eating disorders than boys and eating disorders are more common among girls whose parents have a higher education level.
Wh...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
The women who burn off every calorie they eat
Allie Outram, 38, a psychotherapist from Bradford, West Yorkshire, used to be anorexic and still feels guilty if she doesn't exercise every day. Exercise bulimia can have grave repercussions. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Deeper Look into Bulimia Nervosa
This article shares some information about bulimia nervosa including its prevalence, symptoms, consequences, warning signs and disorders that co-occur. (Source: About.com Mental Health)
Source: About.com Mental Health - April 18, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: health Source Type: news
At What Age Can Children Have Their Teeth Whitened?
Discussion
The appearance of the teeth and mouth is part of what determines facial attractiveness which plays an important part in social interactions. It has been found that “…an aesthetically pleasing smile…depend[s] on tooth color, size, shape, and position, upper lip position, visibility of the teeth and amount of gingival display.” The attractiveness is obviously complex, but tooth color is one of the most important factors and most people would like pearly white teeth.
Dental “…”whitening” is any process that will make teeth appear whiter.”
Non-bleaching products...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 11, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
The Opportunity for Women’s Health in Emerging Markets
In this month’s article, I explore issues relating to the health of women in emerging markets. I will recommend that pharma companies wishing to maximize the opportunity in women’s health need to start from an understanding of how women are viewed by society in these markets and challenge awareness, attitudes and access barriers that can lead to their health outcomes being sub-optimal. As a starting point, it is necessary to establish a working definition of women’s health. This isn’t as straightforward as it might seem, as women’s health can be considered at multiple levels.
The conditions which most obvious...
Source: EyeForPharma - April 8, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Marc Yates Source Type: news
NHS queue for anorexic and bulimia sufferers is now 6 months to see a specialist
The average waiting time for adults in England can vary from 20 to 182 days depending on the Trust according to new figures released by the NHS under the Freedom of Information Act. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bulimic mum who needs new kidneys a shares a photo from her hospital bed
Jodie Gregory, 28, from Derby, needs daily kidney dialysis to stay alive. However, she has been told she cannot go on the transplant register until her bulimia is under control. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mass Media and Body Dissatisfaction: Root Cause or Just a Reminder?
Beliefs in links between "thin ideal" media and body dissatisfaction among women, perhaps even full-blown eating disorders, has been one of the "truisms" or sacred cows of media psychology for at least a generation or two. But just as the media violence/video game debate has spiraled into confusion and chaos, debates about the extent to which media actively cause body dissatisfaction and eating disorders can often leave readers confused and sometimes mislead. It's not at all uncommon to hear it expressed that there are no doubts media ideals cause body dissatisfaction, but we used to hear this with video game violence too....
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 18, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
