Sounds Can Reshape Body Image, But Not for Everyone With Eating Disorder Symptoms
A new study finds that sounds can temporarily alter how people perceive their body size, but this auditory-driven body illusion ...
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Five Years After Breast Cancer, Sexual Problems Persist for Many Survivors
A latent class analysis of the French VICAN5 survey finds that more than a quarter of breast cancer survivors report ...
Ink as Medicine: What the First Full Review Reveals About Tattoos for Cancer Survivors
The first systematic review of therapeutic tattooing across all cancer types finds significant psychosocial benefits alongside underappreciated risks, from reduced ...
Internalized Weight Stigma Predicts Disordered Eating in Teens, Two-Year Study Finds
A two-year study of Spanish adolescents shows that those who internalize weight stigma face significantly higher risk of disordered eating ...
Why Trauma and Disordered Eating Go Hand in Hand: New Study Maps the Hidden Pathways
A new study of 373 trauma-exposed women reveals that experiential avoidance and emotion regulation difficulties, rather than body image concerns ...
Loneliness and Thinness Drive Teen Girls’ Higher Risk of Depression and Suicidal Thoughts
A study of 3,171 Japanese adolescents finds that loneliness and desire for thinness at age fourteen mediate roughly a third ...
New Study Puts a Philosophical Theory of Anorexia to the Empirical Test
Researchers have empirically validated a philosophical account of anorexia nervosa, showing that women with the disorder experience their bodies as ...
Bulimia Nervosa Cases Surge Nearly 50 Percent Worldwide, Global Study Warns
A new Global Burden of Disease analysis finds bulimia nervosa cases rose nearly 50 percent worldwide between 1990 and 2021, ...
Loneliness and Thinness Drive Girls’ Worse Mental Health, Study Finds
New research on over 3,000 adolescents shows that loneliness and the desire for thinness largely explain why girls experience more ...
Why Comparing Your Looks Online May Signal Eating Disorder Risk
A validated German version of the Social Media Appearance Preoccupation Scale shows that online appearance comparison is the social media ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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