A diabetic woman almost died from the “world’s most dangerous eating disorder” after doctors mistook her insulin misuse for “laziness”. April Longe, a 19-year-old a psychology student at the ...

As doctors, our role involves healing others. Admitting we have a problem we are unable to resolve ourselves is at odds with our professional identity—it goes against our training, and often our ...

DENVER — A law designed to help more people access eating disorder treatment may be doing the opposite. Last year, a Colorado state law took effect preventing a person's body mass index from ...

The last thing Chevese Turner needed was medication to help her lose weight. Twenty years into recovery from binge eating disorder and atypical anorexia, she was done trying to whittle her physique ...

One eating disorder is becoming increasingly prevalent. Though it didn’t even have a name as early as 10 years ago, ARFID—which stands for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder—has seen a 200 ...

As eating disorder rates continue to climb following the COVID-19 pandemic, one doctor has revealed life-threating physical dangers which are often overlooked and treatment gaps leaving patients ...

You may not have heard of orthorexia, but you’ve probably seen it. It’s an eating disorder that’s characterized as an obsession with only consuming “healthy” foods—and it’s on the rise, says Sadi Fox, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. One eating disorder that parents may not be as familiar with is Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. Doctors say when the ...

MADISON, Ala. (WHNT) — At Vallis Mental Health in Madison, clinician Morgan Hamrick offers mental health counseling services. One of his specialties is helping clients treat eating disorders. “Anyone ...

Feb. 21, 2026, marked the beginning of the forty-second annual National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. According to research from the Monte Nido treatment center in Glen Cove, an estimated 97,000 ...

This article contains mentions of eating disorders. For Weinberg senior Michelle Lu, Northwestern’s Campus EDucators was her ...