Anorexia nervosa is a primary behavioural disorder characterised by a disturbed sense of body image, a morbid fear of gaining weight, disturbed eating pattern, marked weight loss and amenorrhea. It usually affects adolescent women (95%).1 Medical complications of anorexia nervosa can involve all organic systems of the body.2'3 A rare complication is spontaneous pneumomediastinum, with only a fe...

Eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and atypical eating disorder (eating disorder not otherwise specified or NOS), are estimated to occur in 5-10 million young and adult women and one million males in the United States. The etiology of eating disorders is complex and appears to include predisposing genetic factors and serotonin dysregulation, as...

Experiments were performed in anesthetized dogs to study some effects of propranolol, dextro-propranolol and ICI50,172 on digitalis-induced arrhythmias and digitalis-induced sensitization to electrical shock. When given in beta-blocking doses, propranolol did not abbreviate ouabain-induced ventricular tachycardia (VT) or decrease ouabain-induced sensitization to electrical shock. In larger dose...

Digitalis intoxication is a common and potentially life-threatening situation [1]. In this condition, the administration of digoxin-specific antibodies (Fab) have proven to be effective in controlling serious complications [2]. However, in patients with severe renal impairment, the clearance of Fab–digoxin complexes is compromised, and this may reduce the utility of Fab therapy in those conditi...

According to International Classification of Diseases by World Health Organization, eating disorders are behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances [1]. Eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, atypical anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, atypical bulimia nervosa, overeating associated with other psychological disturbances and vomiting associated with other psychological ...

The name ‘‘asthma nervosa’’ [1] is linguistically incorrect. Asthma is a Greek neutral noun in a language that tries hard to keep its genders apart. Nervosa is a Latin adjective and this language also does not mix the genders: nervosa is feminine (as are anorexia and bulimia, two conditions for which nervosa is appropriate). Therefore, we should refer to asthma as nervosum (both neutral). This ...

Diplolepis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) are gall wasps that induce conspicuous galls on Rosa spp. (Rosaceae). These species distributed globally and in Europe some especially common founder organisms of biological communities composed different insects. However, the ecological niches these have not been studied detail. We modelled potential distributions using locations four most abundant Iberian P...

Bulimia nervosa, a mental illness 4 times more common than anorexia is characterized by binge-eating followed compensatory purging behaviors, which include self-induced vomiting, diuretic abuse, laxative and misuse of insulin. Patients with bulimia nervosa are at risk developing medical complications that affect all body systems, especially the renal electrolyte systems. Behavior cessation can ...

The purpose of this study was to assess characteristics of individuals who died from anorexia nervosa by assessing the frequency with which anorexia nervosa is listed as a causal factor related to the death of individuals in the USA. Data from over 10 million death records (all National Center for Health Statistic registered deaths in the USA for 1986-90) were examined for mention of anorexia n...

The effect of digitalis in patients with sinoatrial node dysfunction was studied. Atrial pacing studies were performed while His bundle -electrograms were recorded in fourteen patients with sinus bradyeardia, syncope, or related symptoms. Measurements were repeated after 0.01 mg/kg ouabain, followed in some by 1 mg atropine. Ouabain produced a significant shortening of sinoatrial recovery time,...