Over the past six months, psychologist Tom Hildebrandt has seen an increase in patients with eating disorders who are taking popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound. “They start using this ...

Clinicians should monitor for eating disorders among women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), regardless of weight, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis used to inform PCOS ...

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 ...

Did you know that anorexia is the most lethal mental health condition? One person dies from an eating disorder every hour in the U.S. Many of these deaths are not from health consequences related to ...

Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) continue to skyrocket in popularity as both approved and off-label treatments for weight loss. However, their widespread use raises significant ...

Eating disorders can harm a person's physical and mental health in ways that linger for years, a new study reports. Anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and other such disorders bring with them a high risk ...

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 ...

Stephen Klagholz remembers how small his world became—isolated, dark, and singularly focused. What began as a quest for physical fitness morphed into delusion and an obsession with weight loss.

There’s been a common misperception for years that external, sociocultural factors drive eating disorders (EDs). These include everything from overbearing, perfectionist fathers and traumatic ...

Around one in five UK medical students consider dropping out of medical school, with mental health issues a key contributor to their intention to abandon medicine, suggest the results of an ...