Eating Disorders: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma Gondii Infection and Related Risk Factors in Tabriz City, Iran, 2008.
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Related Risk Factors in Tabriz City, Iran, 2008.
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J Res Health Sci. 2012; 12(2): 119-21
Jafari R, Sadaghian M, Safari M
Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide obligate intercellular parasite. Felids are its definitive host and warm-blooded animals including humans are its intermediate host. The aim of this seroepidemiological study was to investigate the frequency of human infection using ELISA method and related risk factors in Tabriz City, northwestern Iran.In this cross sectional study, 171 blood samples were collected randomly from clients referred to Alinasab Hospital diagnostic laboratory, Tabriz, Iran in 2008. Simultaneously data about risk factors such as having soil related jobs (for example: building construction workers and farmers), cat contact, eating raw vegetables at restaurants, the method of washing vegetables, eating undercooked game meat and the quantity of red meat consumption (undercooked) were collected by questionnaires. Anti-Toxoplasma IgG titers were determined in samples using ELISA method. Data were analyzed by Chi-square, One Way ANOVA and t-test using SPSS v.16 Software.Sixty (35.1%) out of 171 serum samples were anti-Toxoplasma IgG positive. There was statistically significant difference about seropositivity between soil related jobs and others (P=0.007, OR=2.43; 95% CI: 1.27, 4.66). In addition there was significant relationship between seropositivity and eating vegetables at restaurants (P=0.039, OR=1.94; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.68). No significant statistical differences were observed about seropositivity considering the other mentioned risk factors.The prevalence rate of Toxoplasma chronic infection was relatively high in the studied people. However, having soil related jobs and eating vegetables at restaurants increases the probability of acquiring the infection.
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[Supervised Off-label Prescribing of Topiramate for Binge Eating Disorder within the System CAMTEA].
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Therapie. 2012 Sep-Oct; 67(5): 480-1
Guardia D, Rolland B, Deheul S, Danel T, Bordet R, Cottencin O
Failure to feed patients with anorexia nervosa and other perils and perplexities in the medical care of eating disorder patients.
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Eat Disord. 2013 Jan; 21(1): 81-9
Powers PS, Cloak NL
A 28 year old woman with anorexia nervosa was sent to an emergency room by her gastroenterologist for weakness and nausea following placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube, with a plan for admission to the hospital. She spent 2 days in the emergency room without receiving any nutrition, and was discharged home after being told that her laboratory tests and x-rays were normal. The following day, her gastroenterologist reviewed the x-rays and determined that she had a bowel obstruction, at which point she was admitted to the hospital, weighing 2 kg less than on her initial visit. A 26 year old woman with anorexia nervosa was prematurely discharged from a residential facility with a Dobhoff feeding tube in her small intestine. She developed dizziness and weakness and was admitted to the hospital, but did not receive any feeding during the 6 days she was there, despite documented blood sugars in the 30s. Apparently an early order for tube feeding was cancelled, for unclear reasons. Two days after discharge, she again developed weakness and returned to the emergency room with a letter from her physician stating that she required medical supervision for the initiation of feeding. However, she was discharged from the emergency room within hours, only to be re-admitted to the hospital the next day.
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Body shots: hollywood and the culture of eating disorders.
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Eat Disord. 2013 Jan; 21(1): 78-80
Loeb C
Boys get anorexia too: coping with male eating disorders in the family.
Filed under: Eating Disorders
Eat Disord. 2013 Jan; 21(1): 76-8
Wegner JT, Wegner RT
Obesity and Eating Disorders – Dr. Bermudez discusses some cultural aspects to eating disorders and obesity and shares important concerns about disordered eating. NORMAL is a national nonprofit that collaborates with the leading nonprofit organizations in eating disorders and mental health, as well as the nation’s top researchers in eating disorders, psychology and nutrition to create our award-winning films, live events, programs and curricular materials to educate worldwide audiences about eating disorders, body image and self-esteem. For almost seven years, NORMAL has empowered individuals and families with messages of hope and healing and has encouraged a “new norm” of self-care in communities worldwide. With special thanks to our Platinum sponsor: The Eating Recovery Center in Denver and to Dr. Bermudez. www.normalinschools.org. If you share this film on your site, please use the following credit: courtesy of NORMAL nonprofit (with a link to our website at www.normalinschools.org)
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