Eating Disorders
From the Journals
Yale-Brown Obsessive Scale shows value for assessing binge eating patients
From the Journals
Study: Half of college women exhibited binge eating symptoms
Binge eating symptoms were noted in 50% of college women and associated with greater depression and anxiety.
FDA/CDC
FDA accepts dasotraline NDA for binge-eating disorder
Dasotraline, a dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, demonstrated efficacy in two 12-week trials and one long-term safety study.
What Your Patients are Hearing
Family estrangement: Would mutual respect make a difference?
Estrangement might be more common today because times have changed.
Conference Coverage
Bariatric surgery ups risk of suicide, self-harm
Risk is greatest in the first few years after surgery, according to a new meta-analysis.
What Your Patients are Hearing
Interacting with horses helps veterans with PTSD; Identical twin battles anorexia
Warrior Outreach’s Horsemanship Program seeks to support veterans, service members, and their families.
Conference Coverage
How to handle anorexia in community hospitals
Pediatric hospitalists created guidelines for treating patients with eating disorders.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Move beyond BMI to see obesity as a disease
BOSTON – It’s time to view obesity as a chronic disease with complications that may need medical therapy.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Where doctors stand on Medicaid work requirements
And asthma is flourishing in a surprising location.
From the Journals
Eating disorders put teens at risk for depression, bullying
A longitudinal study of adolescents suggests that disordered eating may precede depressive symptoms and poor peer relations.
Conference Coverage
Tryptophan depletion may explain high rate of eating disorders in women
TAMPA, FLA. – Low-calorie diets “lead to tryptophan depletion and decreased serotonin levels in the brain,” says Dr. Allan S. Kaplan.