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• Pregnant Women With Eating Disorders Face Higher Risk of Complications for Both Baby and Mother

  29-11-2019 13:30
  
  Pregnant women with eating disorders have an increased risk of complications, both for the mother and the baby, according to new research.
  Eating disorders affect millions of people around the world, most often women in childbearing age. However, to date only a few smaller, limited studies have examined potential complications for children born to mothers with eating disorders.
  That led researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden to take a comprehensive view by studying all the 1.2 millio
  
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• Parents and Expanded Holistic Approach Important in Helping Youth Recover from Anorexia

  29-11-2019 13:30
  
  Emerging research suggests 75% of individuals with anorexia nervosa make a partial recovery, but only 21% make a full recovery or obtain permanent remission. A new study discovered this fact and more as researchers attempted to obtain a current perspective on outcomes associated with this challenging illness.As past research has suggested, the investigation confirmed that a family-based therapeutic approach is the preferred intervention.However, the new study also finds that therapy does not wor
  
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• Increased Use of Antibiotics Linked to Greater Parkinson’s Risk

  29-11-2019 13:30
  
  A new Finnish study suggests that greater use of antibiotics is linked to an increased risk for Parkinson’s disease. The strongest associations were found for broad spectrum antibiotics and those that act against anaerobic bacteria and fungi. The timing of antibiotic exposure also seemed to matter.
  “The link between antibiotic exposure and Parkinson’s disease fits the current view that in a significant proportion of patients the pathology of Parkinson’s may originate in t
  
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• Complete Mental Health Is Achievable After Childhood Sex Abuse

  29-11-2019 12:30
  
  New research suggests victims of childhood sexual abuse can overcome the detrimental effects of the trauma and live a life with complete mental health. However social isolation, chronic pain, and a history of substance dependence or depression are impediments to recovery.
  The new study is unique as a majority of research on child sexual-abuse survivors focuses on negative consequences such as depression and suicide. In this investigation, University of Toronto researchers explore factors associa
  
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