A Bulimia Nervosa é considerada como um transtorno alimentar específico desde 1980, com a publicação do DSM-III e pode trazer impacto significativo na vida paciente, tanto para o aceitamento diagnóstico andamento tratamento. terapia cognitivo comportamental, vem contribuindo significativamente melhora da Nervosa, pois ajuda nos sintomas faz prevenção contra recaídas, regressando alteração das c...

introduction : eating disorders are serious psychiatric illness, defined by abnormal eating behaviors, shape and weight regulation difficulties and weight over concern.  objectives: this study sought to explore the prevalence and intensity of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating and their sub-thresholds in women who referred to wellness and fitness centers. materials and methods: 946...

Declaration of interest None. Trends in disease incidence are important for conceptualising disease aetiology and planning health services. Several studies have used meta-analysis to determine whether eating disorder incidence has changed over time, although these have largely focused on anorexia nervosa. Prior results indicate a small global increase in the incidence of anorexia nervosa throug...

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal cancers are characterized by a male predominance, suggesting a role of sex hormones. We hypothesized that digitalis medication, due to its estrogenic properties, decreases the risk of male-predominated gastrointestinal cancers. RESULTS Long -term digitalis use (≥2 years) was followed by decreased risk for several gastrointestinal cancers, but associations were stat...

OBJECTIVE To compare flow-mediated vasodilatation in patients with anorexia nervosa and healthy subjects. BACKGROUND Endothelial dysfunction is present in the patients with anorexia nervosa. However, flow-mediated vasodilatation in the patients with anorexia nervosa in comparison with control subjects has not been yet evaluated. METHODS Flow-mediated vasodilatation in the brachial artery wa...

BACKGROUND Although there is much literature on adolescent suicide, combined effects of depression and anorexia nervosa on suicide were rarely investigated. The aims of this study are to examine the association between anorexia nervosa and suicidal thoughts and explore the interaction between anorexia nervosa and depression. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study, in the study, a sample of 8...

mai and he also pointed out that heparinised animals were more resistant to digitalis poisoning than control ones. On a small but well controlled series of rabbits Werch (1943) found that when digifolin was given I/V to the rabbits in comparatively large amount, it caused a significant decrease in the coagulation time of blood. In addition there are many other reports which favour the above hyp...