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Dermatophagia. Dermatophagia (from Ancient Greek δέρμα — lit. skin and φαγεία lit. eating) or dermatodaxia (from δήξις, lit. biting) [3] is a compulsion disorder of gnawing or biting one's own skin, most commonly at the fingers. This action can either be conscious or unconscious [4] and it is considered to be a type of pica.
Though this is a very serious compulsive behavior, getting treatment and a proper diet plan can help individuals overcome these behaviors. In Eating disorders (like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa) person is preoccupied with weight, body and caloric intake. In this, there are certain behaviors, which are maladaptive and persistent and ...
Nail biting, also known as onychophagy or onychophagia, is an oral compulsive habit of biting one's fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking. Nail biting is very common, especially amongst children. 25–35 percent of children bite ...
Harvard researchers analyzed 30 years of data on over 106,000 participants from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. The study included 70,467 women and 36,464 men.
Because of its focus on eating until you’re 80% full, the Okinawa diet may help you maintain a healthy and consistent weight, per Cleveland Clinic. “We eat a variety of foods in small portions ...
Takeaway. According to the authors of a new study published in JAMA Network Open, having a healthy lifestyle can increase the likelihood that 80-year-olds will live to the age of 100. The study ...
A multidisciplinary team from the Mayo Clinic retrospectively reviewed all of their patients who underwent external beam radiation therapy from 1973 to 2015 and reported that 94% of patients acknowledged symptomatic improvement and over 80% of patients showed no evidence of recurrent disease five years post-therapy.
Prunes are rich in vitamin K, which helps shuttle calcium to bones, while potassium and magnesium in the fruit can help with bone density, she points out. Overall, De Souza says the findings ...