baltimoresun.com - Health & Wellness

Is binge eating a psychiatric disorder?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

As the American Psychiatrics Assn. considers including it in its diagnotic manual, skeptics object and possible treatments are debated.

Rina Silverman's refrigerator is almost always empty. She keeps it that way to avert episodes of frantic food consumption, often at night after a full meal, in which she tastes nothing and feels nothing but can polish off a party-sized bag of chips or a container of ice cream, maybe a whole box of cereal. The food she's eating at these moments hardly matters.

How to avoid, treat diverticulitis

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Expert advice

Diverticulitis occurs when small, bulging pockets - or diverticula - occur within the colon and become infected. In most cases a slight or micro-perforation occurs. The majority of the time, the healthy body confines the infection to a very small space, and with time and a course of antibiotics, the infection will resolve itself.

Are we stuffing more in on Thanksgiving? Recipes from the 1950s provide some answers

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:40:00 -0500

What happens when you combine Thanksgiving — a holiday dedicated to overindulging — with America's love of all things Supersized? Not as much as you'd think.

Baltimore to be center of abortion debate

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

City council expected to approve rules for offices that don't provide abortion, birth control

City council expected to approve rules for offices that don't provide abortion, birth control

Congress targets senior abuse

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Support is broad for the Elder Justice Act, which is linked to healthcare reform measures.

When it comes to political, social or health causes, elder abuse has not had the star power of some other movements focusing on the rights of vulnerable people.

A desire booster for women?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

An experimental non-hormonal drug appears to help women increase their sexual desire, but will the FDA approve it?

An experimental non-hormonal drug appears to help women increase their sexual desire and satisfaction -- and reduce the distress associated with lack of desire.

Autism treatment: Science hijacked to support alternative therapies

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Researchers' fears about misuse of their work come true

Dr. Carlos Pardo was trying to head off trouble.

In battle over mammograms, Md. leaders race to front lines

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Politicians, activists quickly oppose relaxed guidelines

When a government advisory panel put out new recommendations last week that said women under age 50 need not be screened for breast cancer , the calls began flowing to Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski's office. Within days, the Maryland senator had responded with an amendment to the Senate's pending health care reform bill that would guarantee access to mammograms at age 40 through public insurance exchanges.

Calling Dr. Google: Many go online for health research

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

E-patients can end up being better informed — or more confused — by what they find

The Internet's power to make something "go viral" has surpassed the phrase's original meaning.

Blockbuster vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.