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Specialty. Dermatology. Psychiatry. Excoriation disorder, more commonly known as dermatillomania, is a mental disorder on the obsessive–compulsive spectrum that is characterized by the repeated urge or impulse to pick at one's own skin, to the extent that either psychological or physical damage is caused. [ 4][ 5]
During menopause, your body and brain undergo some radical shifts that can contribute to the development of an eating disorder. New hormone fluctuations not only impact your sleep and mood but can ...
Exercise. Staying physically active is important to maintain fluid balance in the body and prevent water retention, the experts note. Exercise can also promote fluid loss through sweating ...
Over time, people lose the ability to talk, move, and respond to the outside environment. In the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease or other progressive brain diseases, people need help eating ...
Lipedema is a medical condition that is almost exclusively found in women [ 3] and results in enlargement of both legs due to deposits of fat under the skin. [ 2] Women of any weight may develop lipedema [ 2][ 3] and the fat associated with lipedema is resistant to traditional weight-loss methods. [ 4] There is no cure and typically it gets ...
The removal of armpit and leg hair by American women became a new practice in the early 20th century due to a confluence of multiple factors. One cultural change was the definition of femininity. In the Victorian era, it was based on moral character. This shifted in the early 1920s when the new feminine idea became based on the body. [ 4]
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Intentional weight loss is the loss of total body mass as a result of efforts to improve fitness and health, or to change appearance through slimming. Weight loss is the main treatment for obesity, [1] [2] [3] and there is substantial evidence this can prevent progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes with a 7–10% weight loss and manage cardiometabolic health for diabetic people with a ...