June 5, 2007 (Toronto) — Female patients with anorexia nervosa who do not have regular menstrual cycles suffer from decreased levels of androgens, which is exacerbated by the use of oral ...

A Southern California woman who at 5-foot-7 weighed only 40 pounds because of anorexia has made major improvements and was almost unrecognizable Tuesday. Last May, 37-year-old Rachael Farrokh was so ...

Rachael Farrokh said she looks back at the girl she once was. — -- Rachael Farrokh, 37, says she has been fighting a battle with anorexia for 10 long years -- but now, an extreme decline in her ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low levels of the hormone testosterone in women with anorexia nervosa are associated with anxiety, depression and bone loss, Harvard researchers told attendees of the ...

A woman once given two weeks to live due to severe anorexia has turned her life around to become a doctor. Sarah Zurub, 30, from Coventry in the West Midlands, was diagnosed at 14 and spent her ...

This is a guest post written by Karen Photiou, a medic and a mother of four children who is recovering from anorexia. (She also collaborated with me on a pair of posts about exercise and anorexia, ...

Hormone replacement therapy applied via the skin is the best way of protecting bone density in women whose periods have stopped due to anorexia or intense exercise, according to new research, ...

Here's what anorexia nervosa is, why it's so concerning and how people who struggle with the disorder can get help.

If anorexics and bulimics can be thought of as dieting junkies, the best treatment may be a drug that is usually given to addicts. A Detroit scientist tested naltrexone, the drug of choice for kicking ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Anorexic women with a history of childhood anxiety may have particularly severe symptoms of the eating disorder, a study suggests. It's known that anxiety disorders, like ...

A severely anorexic young woman was prescribed blockbuster weight loss jab Wegovy by one of the UK's biggest online pharmacies, despite weighing less than six stone. Catlin, whose name has been ...