anorexia
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Clinical studies involving stroke, anorexia nervosa, and body integrity dysphoria suggest that problems with thermal perception can occur alongside disruptions in body ownership.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026
Three years ago, the organization’s then-chief legal advocacy officer—recently promoted to CEO—promised that Colorado’s legislation “does not and was never intended to apply to a person whose only diagnosis is anorexia nervosa.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
These included a measure to close the so-called "anorexia loophole" which would stop people qualifying for assisted dying on the basis of life-threatening malnutrition.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025
Clinicians continue to debate how best to define it, as orthorexia can share features of anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
From Slate • May 25, 2025
When an animal began showing signs of anorexia, its condition deteriorated rapidly.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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