MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'anorexia nervosa'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366279&cid=t_104116_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2Fthe-neuroscience-of-anorexia-nervosa%2F One of the most striking features of those suffering from anorexia nervosa is their perception of their bodies. You can put them in front of a mirror and they will still tell you they’re to fat when in fact they’re skinny. A recent publication in Nature Proceedings has an explanation. This explanation is based on the fact that our spatial experience is based on the integration of two different kinds of input, two different sensory inputs within two reference frames. These two reference frames are the egocentric frame and the allocentric frame. With the allocentric frame you can “see yourself engaged in the event as an observer would”, it’s the observer mode, you can see your self in the situation. This allocentric representation involves long term spatial memo... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366279 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:33:05 +0100 3366279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2277969&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2009%2F03%2F17%2Fno-its-not-okay%2F *disclaimer* I’m not saying every overweight person has an eating disorder any more than all thin people do; but dammit…just stop. NO.  It’s NOT OKAY. and it’s NOT a compliment. I. Was. Mortified. I just got home and I am venting: I was in line at the store. It is NOT OKAY for anyone, much less a casual acquaintance to come [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2277969 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:08:56 +0100 2277969 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2150857&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2009%2F02%2F02%2Funattainable-perfection-now-presidentially-approved%2F "You got replaced by Jessica Simpson....." "Yeah, who’s losing a weight battle apparently........"Hope-Change and Anorexia. yay! (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2150857 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:54:37 +0100 2150857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1990894&cid=t_104116_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FvY0m3AXwqIM%2F In many states (such as Virginia), families of autistic children have been seeking legislation to provide for insurance coverage for treatment (usually ABA therapy) for their children. A recent decision involving insurance coverage for eating disorders in New Jersey might be of interest: As reported in today’s Star-Ledger, Horison—the state’s largest health insurer—has agreed to cover claims stemming from eating disorders. Some 500 patients will receive $1.2 million when their previously denied claims are reprocessed; the decision settled a class action lawsuit brought by parents of children with anorexia. In a statement, Horizon spokesman Tom Rubino said the company “believes the settlement is in the best interest of all the parties involved and in line with ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1990894 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:56:30 +0100 1990894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1729495&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2008%2F08%2F23%2Fdoll-face%2F Have any of you seen this video? What’s your interpretation of it? I think that it says a lot about each of us (The Chicks). I find myself feeling more and more like the ending. Reaching for ……what?……to fit in? perfection? to become someone else? or perhaps the “who I used to be but can no [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1729495 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:52:35 +0100 1729495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1683113&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2008%2F08%2F05%2Ftake-this-pill-purge-it%2F I think they should take their idea for this poison and shove it… Treatment for anorexia….bulk up with zyprexa. Why torture yourself with food and the hell that goes along with that during your recovery, when you can put weight on with a handy pill? WTF?! I’m glad Ms. WIseman (is that really her name?) is [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1683113 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:56:03 +0100 1683113 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1677254&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2008%2F08%2F03%2Fi-am-sofa-king%2F Tired. Seroquel rant…coming up….soon. *not_now* UM…on “vaction” AC…in the guest room *you don’t wanna know, it has to do with food poisoning* (not her’s) the feline…is deep in study, reading BP4Dummies and reviewing it…RIGHT? So anyway, I wrote an ED rant here if that kinda stuff interests you. no, not self promotion….just filler cause it’s dead around here…plus as [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1677254 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:14:08 +0100 1677254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1668525&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2008%2F07%2F30%2Fcome-one-come-allsnack-on-my-remains%2F I feel like I’m being eaten alive lately. So, before, there’s nothing left but my asshole poontang body cavities, come on in and get a nibble, too!   I’m sick and tired of being a buffet for hungry losers and starving crazies.   I QUIT I QUIT I QUIT I QUIT I QUIT I QUIT and, all yeah…..I FRIGGIN’ QUIT! WTF has happened to me? When [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1668525 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:38:46 +0100 1668525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1603140&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F09%2Fits-bigger-than-me%2F she wanted to be thin, so she melted clear away but it doesn’t seem so clear today it doesn’t seem so clear today… Taken from : “Carries On” It’s not easy to be, me…” ©Cat Ginn ‘08 (Can be found in BPChicks Blog-May 2008) Late June: “I wonder if she would change this? -Just for me, privately, if I asked. It doesn’t quite fit me…well, nothing in my [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1603140 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:46:00 +0100 1603140 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1593917&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F07%2Fi-dont-know-how-she-feels%2F by UM/TPB I’ll make this first part quick. Kinda like Cliff notes only BP Chick notes. Same thing. Except Cliff notes are about books that we were suppose to read in school. Much of the time, we needed those Cliff notes to pass our English class.  BP Chick notes are much the same but use language [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1593917 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:39:44 +0100 1593917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1346178&cid=t_104116_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F262796859%2F After their now-7-year-old son Ryan was diagnosed with autism 5 years ago, Lorri and Dan Unumb “they sold their house, downsized and sacrificed to cover costs,” an April 1st CNN story reports. Intensive behavior therapy for Ryan costs between $70,000 and $80,000 a year which is lawyer and law professor Lorri Unumb’s “entire salary.” The Unumbs attribute Ryan’s progress to all the therapy he has received. To help other families who could not afford the intensive therapy that Ryan has had, Lorri Unumb …wrote a bill, recruited other parents to help her lobby state legislators, and two years later, got the bill passed. Known as Ryan’s Bill, it will go into effect as Ryan’s Law in July. Ryan’s Law mandates that insurance companies prov... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1346178 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:30:28 +0100 1346178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=806596&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F08%2F17%2Fi-lost-it-unmedicated%2F by Cat ok, so the day before yesterday…. the day before that, and yesterday… I was unmedicated…. what repercussions did I have? well… where do I start… some of them funny… some not so funny…. I found myself yelling at my Navigational System in my new car yesterday…. that would have been funny, if it were not for the fact that I was IN MOTION, turning onto a one-way street in downtown San Antonio, Texas… and that’s ok too… cause I was going only ONE-WAY… unfortunately, I was going the WRONG-WAY! I found myself face to face with traffic in a $38,000 vehicle that I did NOT want scratched, dented, poked, prodded, or otherwise mutilated…. I swiftly pulled to the sidewalk where a cop on motorcycle found me being berate... bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=806596 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:11:53 +0100 806596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=749464&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F07%2F21%2Fthings-have-got-to-change%2F Before I start my nigtly rant, read the following: Andy Borowitz: Man Commits Suicide after Learning Harry Potter Spoiler Author: Andy Borowitz Published on July 8, 2005, 07:41 A rabid Harry Potter fan took his life yesterday after inadvertently learning a plot spoiler from the soon-to-be-released J.K. Rowling opus, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) Jude Ralston, 32, of Hudson, Ohio left a suicide note indicating that since overhearing the plot spoiler at a shopping mall earlier in the day, “I no longer have a reason to live.” Family and friends who gathered for a candlelight memorial outside Mr. Ralston’s house remembered a man who seemed to live only for Harry Potter – and wondered if they could have done anything to prevent his tragic fate. “Whe... bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=749464 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:07:23 +0100 749464 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=736334&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F07%2F15%2Fsoul-searchingexamining-my-ugly%2F BY UM I have a lot of things. I buy a lot of things. Things to give others, things to keep, and things that get tossed in a corner somewhere and forgotten about.  I’ve been soul searching. Wondering why do I do this?  A famous man, and I don’t remember who, once said that giving is a selfish act.He said that we give to make ourselves feel better. I use to think that was an absurd statement. Now, I think there is some wisdom in his words.Megan was my golden child. She was/is spectacular. She excelled/excels in everything she strives to do. Megan was/is anorexic.  And, Megan likes things. Megan likes things because I unintentionally taught her to not only like things but to value them.Soul searching is hard. You have to lay it out on the table…..the good, the bad, and the ugly. I�... bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=736334 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:14:28 +0100 736334 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=728502&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F07%2F11%2Fwhat-was-she-thinking-or-oh-no-you-didnt%2F Do you know someone with an Eating Disorder? And I don’t just mean someone who UNDEReats! I mean someone who eats and eats and eats, also! That’s an eating disorder also… Or maybe you know someone who throws up (purges) after they eat? Would you give someone who you KNOW throws away EVERY diamond you give them, a DIAMOND every time you see them? Of course not, they obviously don’t want it, right? Then WHY on earth would you give someone with an eating disorder… FOOD? Why would you give them say…. brownies, or fudge when you KNOW they’re going to be driven to purge then? I mean it… Purging is NOT something that a purging anorexic does because they LIKE to… it’s something done in shame, and in pain… It’s something that i... bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=728502 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:34:23 +0100 728502 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=555008&cid=t_104116_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F04%2F19%2Fthree-years-in-recovery-will-it-ever-get-easier%2F Rehab? No. Oh… I’m an addict alright…. I’m addicted to ED… My Eating Disorder. Three years ago this month, I was finally released out of River Oaks Pysch Hospital (Eating Disorder Ward), in New Orleans after eight weeks there. Eight weeks of “force-feeding” and re-programming of my psyche. Did it [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=555008 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:52:11 +0100 555008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=534600&cid=t_104116_152_f&fid=34987&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedr.org.uk%2Farchives%2F2007%2F04%2F10%2Fgreat_news Some good news for a change! The government has announced an award of £2 million to the eating disorders team at the Institute of Psychiatry to research and develop new treatments for anorexia nervosa. Read more on the BBC news website. Congratulations to all concerned. (Source: Eating Disorders Resources) Eating Disorders Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=534600 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 534600 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=484095&cid=t_104116_152_f&fid=34987&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedr.org.uk%2Farchives%2F2006%2F09%2F29%2Fare_models_too_thin There has been considerable controversy recently following the decision by the Madrid Fashion Week to ban models below a certain size (BMI) from their catwalks. (This was followed more recently by a similar decision by the Clothes Show in Birmingham) As far as I understand the beliefs behind this are twofold (1) Such models have anorexia nervosa (may have anorexia nervosa?) and thus should not be working (2) Such models, even if they don't have an eating disorder, set a bad example to impressionable young women who might go on to develop eating disorders Now don't get me wrong. I think that the decision, in that it raises the profile of eating disorders and encourages debate, was probably a good one (although a naive one, as I'll go on to explain). But I would question both of the aims ... Eating Disorders Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=484095 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:00:00 +0100 484095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=484097&cid=t_104116_152_f&fid=34987&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedr.org.uk%2Farchives%2F2006%2F08%2F15%2Fyou_can_never_be_too_thin Thanks to HoutLust for drawing my attention to a pretty hard hitting new campaign from the Eating Disorders Association. You can see the ad on the Houtlust site, which depicts tips from pro-anorexia websites and aims to raise awareness in parents and carers who often miss the signs of eating disorders in their kids. Even after working in the field for many years, I found this a shocking campaign. I've always felt ambivalent about discussing pro-anorexia sites on this site for fear of giving them more fuel, but I can see that the aim of the campaign is an honorable one. I'd be interested to hear other people's views. (Source: Eating Disorders Resources) Eating Disorders Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=484097 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:00:00 +0100 484097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=484098&cid=t_104116_152_f&fid=34987&url=http%3A%2F%2Fedr.org.uk%2Farchives%2F2006%2F06%2F22%2Fprozac_ineffective_in_maintaining_gains_in_anorexia In a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Walsh and colleagues studied women who had received psychotherapy for anorexia nervosa and reached the normal range for weight. They then compared fluoxetine (Prozac) and placebo in these women, who continued to receive weekly psychotherapy. The percentage of those remaining in recovery after 1 year was effectively the same in both the active and placebo groups (around 30%). This suggests that Prozac does not help to prevent relapse in anorexia. This finding is in contrast to a small study conducted by Kaye and colleagues in 1991 who suggested there might be a role for antidepressants like Prozac in preventing relapse. Thanks to Joel Yager for drawing my attention to this (via the AED mailing list). (Source: Eating Diso... Eating Disorders Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=484098 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:00:00 +0100 484098