Celebrities, media personalities and athletes are increasingly being misrepresented in the world of new social media, especially on Twitter. Are social media going through the same growing pains that were experienced in the early days of the Internet? Why do people feel compelled to commit social media fraud? Temple University experts in new media, journalism and psychology offer their insights. [continue reading…]

Actress Meera Syal, 47, was compelled to make a new BBC documentary tackling the subject of self-harm.
Meera was moved after reading the shocking statistics from the Mental Health Foundation that young Asian women are three times more likely to self-harm than any other group.
It was around 11 years ago that Meera picked up a newspaper and read the headline ‘Young Asian women are three times more likely to self-harm than any other group’. [continue reading…]

Women taking anti-cancer drug tamoxifen may have their disease come back if they use with it certain antidepressants, according to a new research.

Tumors were more than twice as likely to return after two years in women taking the antidepressants while on the cancer drug, compared with those taking tamoxifen alone, said the study presented Saturday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Florida.

About 500,000 women in the United States take tamoxifen, which cuts in half the chances of a breast cancer recurrence. Many of them also take antidepressants for hot flashes, because hormone pills aren’t considered safe after breast cancer.

The research found that using drugs such as Prozac, Paxil or Zoloft can virtually wipe out the benefit tamoxifen provides.

Source:Xinhuanet