Eating Disorders
Conference Coverage
Consider adjunctive olanzapine for feeding disturbance
LAS VEGAS – “The judicious use of low-dose olanzapine may facilitate eating, weight gain, and the reduction of anxious, depressive, and cognitive...
Cases That Test Your Skills
The woman who couldn’t stop eating
Ms. C, age 33, eats uncontrollably up to 10 times a day. She’s gained >50 lb and has poor self-esteem and low energy and motivation. She wants...
From the Journals
Eating disorders may add to poor type 2 control, but BMI confounds the issue
From the Journals
Duloxetine ‘sprinkle’ launches for patients with difficulty swallowing
From the Journals
Yale-Brown Obsessive Scale shows value for assessing binge eating patients
From the Journals
Study: Half of college women exhibited binge eating symptoms
Binge eating symptoms were noted in 50% of college women and associated with greater depression and anxiety.
FDA/CDC
FDA accepts dasotraline NDA for binge-eating disorder
Dasotraline, a dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, demonstrated efficacy in two 12-week trials and one long-term safety study.
What Your Patients are Hearing
Family estrangement: Would mutual respect make a difference?
Estrangement might be more common today because times have changed.
Conference Coverage
Bariatric surgery ups risk of suicide, self-harm
Risk is greatest in the first few years after surgery, according to a new meta-analysis.
What Your Patients are Hearing
Interacting with horses helps veterans with PTSD; Identical twin battles anorexia
Warrior Outreach’s Horsemanship Program seeks to support veterans, service members, and their families.
Conference Coverage
How to handle anorexia in community hospitals
Pediatric hospitalists created guidelines for treating patients with eating disorders.