Browsing: Compulsive Eating

What if an uncontrollable urge to rapidly eat large amounts of food is rooted in an impaired brain circuit? If…

A row of light bulbs with only one lit up Source: Colin Behrens/Pixabay The neurodiversity movement that began in the…

A row of light bulbs with only one lit up Source: Colin Behrens/Pixabay The neurodiversity movement that began in the…

A row of light bulbs with only one lit up Source: Colin Behrens/Pixabay The neurodiversity movement that began in the…

Introduction Eating disorders in pregnancy is associated with poor outcomes for both the mother and her baby, including miscarriage, preterm…

A well-timed jolt of high-frequency electricity to a region of the brain implicated in food cravings appears to tamp down…

The first two patients to undergo an experimental brain surgery for binge eating disorder say that one year later, they…

The first two patients to undergo an experimental brain surgery for binge eating disorder say that one year later, they…

A small device that detects food craving-related brain activity in a key brain region, and responds by electrically stimulating that…

This research complies with and was approved by Stanford’s Institutional Review Board (IRB-46563). The study protocol for this clinical trial…