Monthly Archives:February 2017

Eating disorders: the importance of early intervention

Hungry?

This week is #EDAW2017. Every yearEating Disorders Awareness Weektakes place at the end of February with the laudable aim to inform as many people as possible about these challenging disorders. The theme for this year’s EDAW is early intervention. Here, Secondo Fassino, Section editor ofBMC Psychiatry’sdedicatedEating disorders sectiontells us why getting people into treatment as quickly as possible is so important

Health Medicine

Metabolic changes associated with aging skin: genomics reveals anti-aging targets

Human skin

The biological effects of aging are challenges which we all have to face. For many of us, a great aesthetic concern is the impact of aging on the skin. These effects are a result of our hormonal changes, combined with external factors such as smoking habits and UV exposure. An articlerecently publishedinBMC Genomicsprovides new insight into metabolic adaptations and transcriptional regulation during aging of human skin

Biology
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