Investigators assessed long-term healthcare utilization and social assistance among individuals with adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa.

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 ...

A new study finds that muscle impairment from anorexia nervosa may continue even after lost weight has been regained, a common indicator of successful treatment.

Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital, in collaboration with researchers from the University College London and the University of the Republic in Uruguay, studied the genes associated with ...

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 ...

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 ...