They're tired all the time. They fainted at school. Their blood pressure, body temperature or heart rate are super low.

Medicaid-insured kids with anorexia hospitalized for medical stabilization remain in hospital longer than peers with private insurance despite similar illness severity, according to a study from Ann & ...

New guidance to help identify people with eating disorders so they can be treated earlier has been published, after figures showed that hospital admissions for the disease increased by 84% in the last ...

Within the last several years, there’s been an increase in mental health issues due to a variety of factors, from the pandemic, inflation and political divisiveness to social isolation, intense social ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - It’s a silent struggle many teens may be dealing with right now: more young people are ending up in the hospital because of eating disorders. A recent study from Stanford ...

Patients with anorexia nervosa are at significantly increased risk for cardiovascular conditions such as congestive heart failure and cardiac arrest compared with people without an eating disorder, ...

Treatment for anorexia needs to address both the physiological and psychological complications of the disease. It may include nutritional support, therapy, medication, and more. Anorexia nervosa is a ...

Adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa is associated with significantly lower likelihood of full-time employment over a 30-year period, higher long-term health care utilization, and increased reliance on ...

More and more Colorado children and young adults are suffering from eating disorders. Diagnosis rates have increased since the pandemic, and patients are showing more severe symptoms. When Kendall ...

Finally, when a relapse in 2018 left me near cardiac and kidney failure, I checked myself into an eating disorders hospital. There, I learned I was one among millions of people who fall into a ...

Anorexia nervosa is a mental health disorder in which a person restricts food intake. This results in reduced weight, emotional challenges, an unrealistic body image, and an exaggerated fear of ...