FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 12, 2022·5 min readA Possible Neural Link Between Early Life Trauma and Binge-Eating Disorder Discovered8 in 10 sufferers of binge eating disorders experienced trauma during childhood. Researchers discovered leptin is less effective in the lateral hypothalamus of those who suffered childhood trauma.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 29, 2022·5 min readStudy Looks Into Little Known Purging DisorderWhile purging may be a characteristic of bulimia nervosa, a new study reports a different kind of eating disorder may also be responsible for purging behaviors.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology·July 15, 2019·4 min readAnorexia not just a psychiatric disorder, it is also metabolicA large scale genome-wide study suggest the origins of anorexia include both metabolic and psychiatric components.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·May 16, 2016·3 min readHow Obese and Anorexic People React Differently to TasteAccording to researchers, women who are obese and those suffering from anorexia respond differently to taste than those without an eating disorder.Read More
