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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

I said a few weeks ago that I would never write about my eating disorder again, but sometimes fate intervenes when you least expect it — like when I made an earnest pledge to stop giving anorexia and ...

A study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators finds that, contrary to what is often believed, around two thirds of women with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa will eventually ...

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 ...

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