Word: hypothalmus
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...true anorexic won't call us [EPO]," says Mihelich. "Characteristic of the disorder is a vehement denial of thinness. Their perception is skewed. They really see themselves as big when they are so painfully small. It has to do with the hypothalmus gland in the brain which is affected by starvation," says Mihelich...
...privileges.' Patients have an apt phrase for this--they say they'll eat their way out of the hospital--but that doesn't mean they're straightened out in the head. For the dangerous ones [20 per cent of anorexics], maybe we should develop a drug to stimulate the hypothalmus so they will eat and not feel guilty about...
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