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LOUISVILLE — Kentucky researchers are developing and expanding a virtual reality treatment for eating disorders using a $125,000 grant from the National Eating Disorders Association, the University of Louisville announced Tuesday. Eating disorders are widespread and can be deadly. The COVID-19 pandemic increased their prevalence in Kentucky. About 9% of Americans live with eating disorders, […] The post Virtual reality could help treat eating disorders, Louisville researchers say appeared first

A UofL researcher is getting $11.5 million to better understand and address the most devastating effects of eating disorders.

National Institutes of Health awarded the funding so researcher Dr. Cheri Levinson could better understand and address the effects of eating disorders. Around 9% of Americans are affected by eating

One-third of people who struggle with an eating disorder will think about suicide, and one-fourth of people with anorexia and bulimia will attempt it.Associate Professor April Smith’s latest study focuses on how to predict and prevent suicidal though

The program offers entrepreneurial education and proof-of-concept/product development grants to accelerate the translation of academic innovations into biomedical products by investigators throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.