Ask Amy: Her eating disorder has wedding on hold

Dear Amy: I am engaged to a wonderful woman. We are to be married in the spring. Our relationship is pretty good, but there is one big problem. She has a serious eating disorder that she refuses to acknowledge.
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Clinical recommendation

Once a person is diagnosed with an eating disorder, psychosocial and clinical factors should initially be considered (Table 5 2 ) , followed by periodic reassessments.
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Psychiatrist cleared of drowning daughter on grounds of insanity

The Irish psychiatrist who drowned her daughter in a bath over an obsession that the teenager was anorexic was cleared today of her murder.
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Call for eating disorder strategy

Welsh assembly members come together to tackle eating disorders, with demands for a national strategy.
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Eating disorder concerns fiance

Dear Amy: I am engaged to a wonderful woman. We are to be married in the spring. Our relationship is pretty good, but there is one big problem. She has a serious eating disorder that she refuses to acknowledge.
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Eating disorder delays nuptials

Dear Amy: I am engaged to a wonderful woman. We are to be married in the spring. Our relationship is pretty good, but there is one big problem. She has a serious eating disorder she refuses to acknowledge. About a year ago, I confronted her about it and told her we were putting the wedding on hold until she got healthy. She agreed to seek help from a registered nurse and a psychologist. She ...
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Ask Amy: Eating disorder puts wedding on hold

Dear Amy: I am engaged to a wonderful woman. We are to be married in the spring. Our relationship is pretty good, but there is one big problem. She has a serious eating disorder that she refuses to acknowledge.
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Eating disorder plan called for

Assembly members are coming together to tackle eating disorders, with demands for a national strategy.
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Science Could Erase Stigma of Anorexia

FRIDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- When people understand the genetics and biology of anorexia nervosa, they are less likely to blame those with the eating disorder for their illness, says a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) study.
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Health Datebook

MEETINGS TODAYAl-Anon: 7 p. m., Bancorp Insurance, 51477 U. S. Highway 97, La Pine; www. central oregonal-anon. org.Al-Anon: Step study: 7:30 p. m.; Alano Club, 446 S. W. Ninth St., Redmond; www. central oregonal-anon. org.Care for the Caregiver: Support and resources for caregivers; 1 to 2 p.m.; La Pine Senior Center, La Pine; 536-7399.
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Support Groups

TOPS IL 1646 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly): 9 to 9:45 a.m. Thursdays at Hope Lutheran Church, 305 Black Road, Shorewood. Call (815) 744-2068, (815) 729-2282 or visit www.tops.org.
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Clinic offers outpatient care

The stress of the holidays has many people struggling to keep it together. After holiday shopping, family dinner preparations and pressure from expectations, local experts say people are likely to crater and seek help in January.
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Letters to the Editor for Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008

Our readers speak out on the issues...
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Regular family meals shown to deter eating disorders in girls

The family dinner is more than a quaint slice of American life. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have confirmed it discourages teen girls from risky weight-loss tactics.
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Size zero epidemic as hospitals face huge rise in patients with eating disorders

The number of patients needing hospital treatment for eating disorders has soared, it has emerged.
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Nationally Recognized Eating Disorder Helpline Brings Wealth of Information and Years of Experience Online

Edtreatmentcenters.com is the expanding home of The Center for Healthy Living. The group of health care professionals, clinicians and doctors is dedicated to disseminating information on Eating Disorders and treatment.
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Drug Rehabilitation for the LGBT Community

Gay-rehab.com uncovers the drug epidemic in the Gay community and provides resources treatment of not only drug and alcohol addiction but also eating disorders and co-occurring disorders like depression. (PRWeb Jan 7, 2008) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/RW1wdC1IYWxmLVRoaXItRW1wdC1Mb3ZlLVplcm8=
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Size zero epidemic as hospitals struggle to cope with huge rise in patients with eating disorders

The number of patients needing hospital treatment for eating disorders has soared, it has emerged. The findings are sure to renew concerns about the effect "size zero" models and celebrities are having on the body image of many youngsters
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?October Road? actress empowers young women

Lenox, Mass., is a leafy town with a Main Street right out of Norman Rockwell, who in fact lived in the next town over. Last summer at the Olde Heritage Tavern, Rebecca Field pumped beer and mixed cocktails while chatting with the townies she grew up with and the tourists who flock to the Berkshires.
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Saturday, January 5, 2008

Aggressive consumerism makes it difficult for people to not be swayed by the glamourous media portrayals of svelte bodies. Earlier, a talented actor would not be out of work if he or she gained some weight. Today, this is unthinkable.
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Television Transformers

Carrie Dockendorff kind of liked her enormous, 1980s-style hair, kept in place by several blasts of hairspray. She liked wearing her favorite granny dresses and overalls, even though they hid her size 6 figure and had been out of style for years.
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