News and Features Related to Bulimia Nervosa

1. Family Therapy Helps Teens With Bulimia
   

   Sept. 4, 2007 -- A family-based approach showing promise to help treat children and teens with anorexia may be an even more effective treatment for bulimia. Family-based treatment involves close monitoring of an anorexic or bulimic child's eating behavior by parents who are encouraged to intervene w

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2. American Idol Runner-up Admits Bulimia
   

   She wowed cantankerous American Idol host Simon Cowell with her rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Now Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee is doing the same for troubled women across the country by disclosing her battle with the eating disorder bulimia. According to reports in People magazine, M

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3. Thalidomide OK'd for Multiple Myeloma
   

   May 26, 2006 -- The FDA has approved thalidomide -- a drug known to cause severe birth defects -- to help treat newly diagnosed multiple myeloma multiple myeloma, a cancer cancer of the bone marrow. Thalidomide was approved for use in combination with another drug, dexamethasone, for multiple myelom

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4. Scientists Hot on Trail of Bulimia Genes
   

   Sept. 20, 2005 -- Scientists may be closer to finding the genes that make a young person vulnerable to eating disorders. Moreover, new techniques developed in the study may help researchers find genetic linkages for other complex medical conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Cynthia M

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