Pica is an eating disorder in which a person compulsively consumes items that are not food and have no nutritional purpose. While it can occasionally appear in childhood or during certain stages of ...
While hospitalizations for eating disorders are down overall, one category is rising at an alarming rate, says the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. From 1999 to 2009, hospitalizations for ...
Our skin is often covered with tiny imperfections—blemishes, moles, cuts and spots that we're all guilty of picking at from time to time. Consider the temptation of that bulbous yellow head of a spot ...
Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...
Clinicians, researchers and activists have stressed the need for better treatment and services of people with eating disorders who don’t fit the stereotypical patient profile — and recent data ...
Our skin is often covered with tiny imperfections—blemishes, moles, cuts and spots that we're all guilty of picking at from time to time. Consider the temptation of that bulbous yellow head of a spot ...