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What Is It? Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder that involves repetitive binge eating: eating large quantities of food at one sitting, regardless of hunger. During the binge, the person feels out of control of the eating and cannot stop. Individuals with this disorder may develop strategies aimed at controlling weight, such as purging (self-induced vomiting). They may also abuse laxatives, suppositories, enemas or diuretics. Or they may go on an extended fast or exercise furiously.

une 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved   Nulojix   (belatacept) to prevent acute rejection in adult patients who have had a kidney transplant. The drug is approved for use with other immunosuppressants (medications that suppress the immune system) -- specifically basiliximab, mycophenolate mofetil, and corticosteroids.

The changes follow a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review, announced by the agency in March 2010, of the risk of muscle injury (called myopathy, including its most serious form, rhabdomyolysis) with the highest dose of simvastatin. Merck has updated the U.S. prescribing information:

 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is calling for new warning labels on a class of drugs used primarily to treat enlarged prostates, because the medications may raise the risk of developing an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

What Is It? A black eye, sometimes called a "shiner," is a bruise around the eye. When an object strikes the eye, the force of the impact breaks delicate blood vessels in the eyelids and surrounding tissues. Blood collects under the skin, and causes black or blue discoloration in the eyelids and around the eye socket. Because the skin around the eye is relatively thin and transparent compared to skin in other parts of the body, the black and blue color of a bruised eye may seem darker and more intense than bruises elsewhere.

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What Is It? Behçet's (bay-setz) syndrome is a rare disease that causes inflammation of many parts of the body. These include the skin of the genital area, lining of the mouth, eye, nervous system, joints and blood vessels. The most characteristic problems include ulcers in the mouth and genital areas, and serious eye inflammation. It is also called Behçet's syndrome.

WHO  04-06-2011 In Germany the enterohaemorrhagic   E. coli   (EHEC) continues. HUS:   As of 03 June at 18:00 CET, Germany had reported 573 cases of HUS (including 12 fatalities). This was 53 more from the previous day. 70% of cases were in women and 89% were in adults aged 20 years or older. The highest attack rates per 100 000 population were in the 20-49 age groups. Case onset dates for HUS range from 1 May to 31 May.

An  E. coli  outbreak in Europe claimed two more lives in recent days, bringing to 16 the total number of deaths attributed to tainted vegetables in Germany, officials reported Tuesday.

TUESDAY, May 31 -- Solesta gel has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat fecal incontinence in adults after other therapies have failed.