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DRUGS to treat anorexia could be developed following research which found physical changes to the brain in the womb may be partly responsible for the condition. Researchers found that 70 per cent of anorexic children and young people they studied showed signs of problems with neurotransmitters, chemicals which help brain cells communicate. Their report, to be unveiled at a conference at the Institute of Education in London this week, suggests that these developmental changes meant the patients were particularly vulnerable to eating disorders, prompting its authors to propose screening children at the age of eight and experts to claim it could "pave the way for the first drugs". One of the report's authors, Ian Frampton, an honorary consultant in paediatric psychology at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, said: "Our... [read full story]
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