Obese Girls Don't Feel Better After Losing Weight

(ePharmaNews) - An obese teenage girl may think that if she gets rid of these extra kilograms and wears clothes that are a couple of sizes less than what she wears now, it will make her feel better and see herself prettier, but a new study suggests that obesity's psychological problems are more intense and may last even after losing weight. Continue reading

Cancer Medication without Active Ingredient

(ePharmaNews) - FDA lab tests have confirmed that a counterfeit version of Roche’s Altuzan 400mg/16ml (bevacizumab), an injectable cancer medication, found in the U.S. contains no active ingredient. Continue reading

Early Child Abuse Affect Cognitive Development

(ePharmaNews) - Results of a long-term study suggest early life emotional trauma may affect cognitive development in children. Continue reading

Full Face Transplant Recipient Feels His Daughter's Kisses

(ePharmaNews) - The first full face transplant recipient in America says he can feel his daughter's kisses now, a year after the procedure. Dallas Wiens in follow up with his transplant team said he can use his face more than he expected. Continue reading

Human: Big Bag of Germs

(ePharmaNews) - Briefly, and despite what might be a problem for those who are obsessed with hygiene, a new study finds that a person himself is a big bag of germs, and no matter how much he cares about cleaning things around him, once he is in a room for an hour, he adds about 37 million bacteria to the air. Continue reading

Multilingualism Protects From Alzheimer

(ePharmaNews) - It seems that the multiplicity of languages within communities and students exposed to different cultures carries benefits other than the expansion of the understanding and acceptance of others, as it also protects against future diseases such as Dementia. Continue reading

New Colon Cancer Test

(ePharmaNews) - Colon cancer is the second most prevalent cancer and the fourth fatal one, and despite the availability of colonoscopy as the best diagnostic method, it remains a disturbing procedure for the patient. Anyway, it seems that colonoscopy may be less used as scientists successfully developed a new test that depends on genetic tests of a small sample of feces. Continue reading

Long-term Hormones Use Increases Breast Cancer Risk

(ePharmaNews) - Perhaps a lot of women consider the twenty-eight pill of OCP a magical solution for the menopause symptoms, but it seems that they have to reconsider the idea, as a new U.S. study questioned the safety of these pills claiming that it may cause an increased risk of breast cancer when used for more than ten years. Continue reading

Facebook Harms Your Confidence

(ePharmaNews) - "I look so fat in this photo", "Have you noticed how much weight my brother have got in the last month?!", "it is better if you go back to the gym again." Those are phrases, comments and responses we read a lot on the pages of the most globally-famous social network; "Facebook". Such comments were cited by a U.S. research centers, in addition to inquiring from participants themselves, to support the results of its recent study which concluded that Facebook makes people more cautious about the size of their waist, more critical for the appearance of their bodies, and more likely to hold on to bad food habits. Continue reading

Increase in Teenage Suicide

(ePharmaNews) - After years of bullying, 15-year-old Marjorie Raymond killed herself Monday, a small town in Quebec. “I have a hard time leaving this world,” she wrote her suicide letter, “but I think it will be for a better world.”In the letter, the young girl blamed her schoolmates for her distress and said she couldn’t handle the bullying, that had been going on for three years, any longer Continue reading