Court Rejects Johnson & Johnson ’s Bankruptcy Plan for Talc Lawsuits
A federal appeals court last week rejected an LTL Management bankruptcy filing, delivering a blow to the company’s plan to resolve thousands of talc lawsuits. The company is a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary. The ruling effectively found the company’s bankruptcy was not filed in good faith. J&J said on Feb. 6 that it plans to appeal the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit’s ruling.  “LTL initiated this process in good faith and our objective has always been to equitably resolve claims related to the company’s cosmetic talc litigation,” J&J wrote.  If denied on appeal, Joh...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - February 7, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Amy Edel Tags: Asbestos Exposure Legal Mesothelioma Source Type: news

I'm a dentist - these are the six trends that could be harming your teeth
Payal Bhalla, lead dentist and clinical director at Quest Dental in Ipswich warns that by trying to make our smiles ever whiter and more gleaming, we could be doing serious damage to our teeth.
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

20 Years On, How the Columbia Shuttle Disaster Changed Space Travel
Folks around NASA don’t much care for this time of year. It was 56 years ago last week—January 27, 1967—that astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives in a launch pad fire inside their Apollo 1 spacecraft as they were running a dress rehearsal for countdown. It was 37 years ago—on January 28, 1986—that the shuttle Challenger exploded during launch due to a faulty seal that caused one of the solid rocket boosters to ignite the external fuel tank. The pair of solid boosters flew on heedlessly, leaving a gruesome, two fingered fireball in the sky as seven astronauts per...
Source: TIME: Science - February 1, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Space Source Type: news

VideaHealth Announces Foundational Dental AI Patent Granted by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Patent design underpins today ’s commercial dental image analysis AI platforms  BOSTON, January 25, 2022  –  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded VideaHealth, the trusted dental artificial intelligence (AI) platform, a patent for its dental AI image recognition technology.In 2018, well before dental AI was commercially viable, Florian Hillen, CEO and founder of VideaHealth, designed the technology encapsulated in Patent no. 11,553,874. VideaHealth ’s patent covers dental image feature detection powered by machine learning that helps dentists detect dental diseases on image...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - January 31, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

Man repairs TOOTH with a kit he bought online for £3.99 after failing to get a dentist appointment
Antony Watson, of Bridlington in Yorkshire, originally broke his tooth 20 years ago. Dentists gave him a crown at the time.
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Bridlington man repairs tooth with plastic and super glue
Antony Watson says he resorted to drastic measures after being unable to find an NHS dentist.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - January 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Wisdom tooth eruption can lead to 'pericoronitis' - dentist on how to ease pain
Dentist Faizan Zaheer from Bupa Dental Care spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk about wisdom teeth.
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A new wisdom tooth can lead to 'pericoronitis' - dentist shares tips to ease inflammation
Dentist Faizan Zaheer from Bupa Dental Care spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk about wisdom teeth.
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dentist warns scrolling through cute pictures of dogs and cats could damage your teeth
Do you ever find yourself scrolling through pictures of cats and dogs thinking, 'It is so cute I could eat it'? Well, it's called cute aggression and it might be bad for your teeth, according to one dentist.
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dentist reveals the EIGHT things patients do that leave them horrified
MailOnline heard from two dentists about the things their patients do that leave them horrified and some will really make your skin crawl, from licking the dentist's fingers, to leaving toenails in your mouth.
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Laser Treatment Might Help Prevent Common Forms of Skin Cancer
TUESDAY, Jan. 24, 2023 -- A cosmetic laser treatment that promises to erase wrinkles, scars, age spots and sun damage may also prevent the return of some skin cancers, a new, small study suggests. Researchers found that in patients who had basal or...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

University of Rochester Professor Recognized for Her Research on Catching Tooth Decay Earlier in Children Using Artificial Intelligence and Telehealth Technologies
METUCHEN, N.J., Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MouthWatch, LLC, an industry leader in teledentistry solutions and digital imaging devices, recognized Dr. Jin Xiao as a telehealth pioneer in dentistry at its fifth annual Teledentistry Innovation Awards ( " The Tellies " ) held November 28, 2022, in New York City. MouthWatch launched The Tellies in 2018 to help drive visibility for individuals and organizations positively impacting the communities they serve by successfully implementing teledentistry as part of their patient care model. Dr. Jin Xiao, Associate Professor and perinatal oral health expert at the Eastman Institut...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - January 24, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

Hidden catch that means you may not get a penny in compensation if your dentist does a botch job
JILL FOSTER: As tragically illustrated by the story of Clive Worthington, who never received £116,000 a court awarded him for failed implants
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Benevis Commemorates 20-Year History of Dental Care in First Annual Impact Report
Report highlights Benevis ’ milestones in improving dental care access for approximately five million children and the changes in oral healthcare in the U.S. over two decades Atlanta, GA, January 10, 2023 — Benevis, a leading dental support organization (DSO) for practices focused on dental care and orthodontics, ann ounces the release of the company’s first annual Impact Report. The report provides a 20-year lookback into the state of oral health in the United States, and the dental leader’s history of expanding the reach of care to approximately five million underserved patients in 13 states and the Distri ct of...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - January 23, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

Compounding Certain Ibuprofen Oral Suspension Products Under Section 503B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
This guidance describes the Food and Drug Administration ’s (FDA or the Agency) regulatory and enforcement priorities regarding the compounding of certain ibuprofen oral suspension products in outsourcing facilities for administration in hospitals and health systems.
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - January 20, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

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