Extreme self-control is also common in anorexia. Though it most commonly affects adolescent girls and women, anorexia can develop in anyone of any gender, age, race, or cultural background. Anorexia nervosa, more commonly known as anorexia, is both an eating disorder and a metabolic condition that results in excessive weight-loss and extreme thinness caused by… Read More »
Download this information as a PDF. If you have Type 2 diabetes it is important for you to keep a healthy body weight. While some people may need to lose weight, others might need to gain some weight to stay strong and well into older age. Talk to a doctor, diabetes educator or accredited practising… Read More »
Linda Bell, MD, state epidemiologist, South Carolina. Cyrus Shahpar, MD, medical epidemiologist; director, Prevent Epidemics Team, Resolve to Save Lives, New York City. Carlos Del Rio, MD, professor and chair, Department of Global Heath, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta. Sarah Fortune, MD, professor of immunology and infectious diseases, Harvard… Read More »
In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper pops a jawbreaker-like cyst festering in a patient’s cheek. One commenter described the cyst’s contents as looking like “skin-on mashed potatoes.” The cyst featured in this video is an epidermoid cyst, which contains a collection of wet dead skin cells and keratin. In a new Instagram video,… Read More »