Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'If sharing my ugly tale helps just one person get better, it's worth me describing it,' says Claire Plaskow, who has suffered ...

A small new study suggests that magic mushrooms may one day offer a new treatment for anorexia nervosa, a serious eating ...

A small pilot study from the Center for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London indicates that psilocybin—the active ...

This blog has been structured mainly by my own experience of anorexia, in combination with relevant scientific insights and some discussions of others' perspectives. This time, for a change, I wanted ...

Recovery from an eating disorder is typically a long process. Many people may even relapse during this time. Relapse is often due to stressful situations. Anorexia nervosa describes an eating disorder ...

Multi-centre, double-blind randomised controlled phase II trial will investigate the efficacy of COMP360 psilocybin therapy in anorexia nervosa for which there is currently no approved pharmacological ...

Anorexia is strange in making people who suffer from it defend, glorify, and cherish it—at least some of the time. It’s hard to think of another illness where ambivalence about recovery is so ...

Marie Tidball said her anorexia began when she was 14 after her leg was amputated An MP has said her desire to be a mother "gave me a reason" to overcome anorexia. Marie Tidball, Labour MP for ...

People with anorexia nervosa may be more likely to be early risers, a genetic association study suggested. Looking at nearly 17,000 cases with this eating disorder, genetic liability for anorexia ...

Some evidence suggests that seizures may be a complication that sometimes relates to anorexia. Anorexia is a type of eating disorder that restricts the amount of food and drink a person consumes to ...