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Substance Abuse in Women With Bulimia Nervosa (Psychiatric Times)
The high rate of comorbid substance abuse in women with bulimia nervosa (BN) has remained consistent in the literature. This article reviews the prevalence of substance abuse in BN and summarizes treatment approaches for persons with BN and comorbid substance abuse.

Judge Approves Settlement of Suit Against Aetna Over Coverage for Eating Disorders (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
A federal judge gave final approval this week to a class action settlement that requires Aetna to provide about $300,000 in back payments to 119 insureds whose benefits for eating disorders were limited.

HealthForumOnline Announces Updates to Eating Disorders & Obesity Online CE Courses (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
HealthForumOnline (HFO), a provider of nationally-approved online continuing education (CE/CEU) for psychologists, social workers, counselors, nurses, and other allied health professionals, has recently updated 3 online continuing education (CE) courses in its Eating Disorders category (i.e., Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Obesity). These updates represent advances in the field of health ...

10 golden rules of style (Deccan Herald)
For 20 years, Kate Moss has been the undisputed queen of fashion. What's her secret? Angela Buttolph explains the supermodel's 10 golden rules The devil is in the food!

Naperville native on 'ET' (The Naperville Sun)
Filmmaker and Naperville Central High School alumna Stephanie Schweitzer will be featured in a televised discussion of eating disorders scheduled to air on "Entertainment Tonight" at 6 p.m. Saturday on CBS2 Chicago.

Calendar for Oct. 24 (The Milpitas Post)
On Tuesday, Oct. 28, Milpitas Host Lions Club in partnership with the Milpitas Chamber of Commerce, will present speaker Carl Guardino, chief executive officer of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. The title of his speech is "Challenges Facing Silicon Valley The Future."

Diet, exercise guidelines help moms-to-be stay healthy (Detroit Free Press)
Before her pregnancy, Jennifer Lucero of Mountain House, Calif., hit the gym four days a week. But once she was expecting, Lucero, who is a vegetarian, wondered if she'd have to adjust her workout and possibly her diet.

The Mind/Body Dialogues teach UNH students to love the genes they were born with (The New Hampshire)
Student volunteers took to the stage Monday night in the University of New Hampshire's second production of the Mind/Body Dialogues, which celebrated Love Everybody Day. The cast of 11 assembled to perform the scripted dialogue, which tackles a number of body image issues ranging from anorexia, bulimia and obesity to drug addiction.

Judge Approves Settlement of Suit Against Aetna Over Coverage for Eating Disorders (Law.com)
A federal judge gave final approval this week to a class action settlement that requires Aetna to provide about $300,000 in back payments to 119 insureds whose benefits for eating disorders were limited. The company also promised to treat future claims more liberally and make internal reforms to resolve disputes over benefits for eating disorders. It is unclear how the settlement would be ...

Croydon MP Andrew Pelling speaks out (Croydon Guardian)
In an exclusive interview MP Andrew Pelling tells how: He became the victim of domestic abuse but will not reveal his assailant He became a recluse, addicted to sleeping pills and suffered from bulimia He was left with massive debts after his first wife left him for someone else The Conservative Party has turned its back on him