A new study from Monash University, published in Genomic Press Psychedelics, found that psilocybin changes social behavior and immune signaling in female mice.

Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric condition characterized by a fear of weight gain and reduced calorie consumption that can result in dangerous weight loss. This condition is thought to affect around ...

Researchers found psilocybin’s effects in a female mouse anorexia model depended on exercise and metabolic state. The drug ...

You probably know about anorexia and bulimia, but there’s another eating issue becoming super common right now: orthorexia ...

“Illness duration is negatively correlated with the amount of fat in the diet, and this becomes significant in the more chronic patients” (Lobera and Ríos, 2009) “The [treatment] failure group ...

Last week’s column spurred some interesting feedback. So what exactly is an eating disorder? An eating disorder is a disturbance in someone’s eating behavior that compromises a person’s physical and ...

The 3 eating disorders--anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating--occur at a frequency far greater than usually realized. Anorexia has been found to be present in up to 1% of teenage and ...

Amazing to think that a few weeks ago I knew nothing of the wonders of porridge, and now I’m up to four bowls a day… That mixture of meat and cheese and cream and salt and starch was fabulous. The ...