Research Shows Eating Disorder Cases On the Rise

Increasing patient caseloads, professional collaboration/patient sharing and lack of medical resources are among the trends revealed in a May 2009 survey of eating disorder professionals conducted by the Eating Recovery Center (http://www.eatingrecoveryinfo.com), the premier...

Never Too Rich or Too Thin? The High Cost of Anorexia

"You can never be too rich or too thin, or so the saying goes. While there’s little chance I’ll ever get to worry about the former, I am far more familiar with the latter then I would ever care to be. I was first diagnosed with anorexia nervosa in 1984 not long after that...

Sarcasm May Be Helpful in Early Detection of Dementia

If you don't get sarcasm you may be suffering from dementia, at least that is what new research out of Australia suggests.  An Australian study released today shows that people suffering from frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a specific type of dementia that is common...