Zyn Nicotine Pouches Are All Over TikTok, Sparking Debate
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's nothing complicated about the latest tobacco product trending online: Zyn is a tiny pouch filled with nicotine and flavoring.
But it has stoked a debate among politicians, parents, and pundits that... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - March 4, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Pilot application of SEM/EDX analysis on suspected cigarette burns in a forensic autopsy case of child abuse - Tambuzzi S, Gentile G, Primavera R, Muccino E, Zoja R.
Cigarette burn lesions present forensic scenarios that are often difficult to investigate, both from a morphological diagnostic point of view and with regard to the mode of infliction, especially if the victim is unable to speak or has died. Although there... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
UK is 'sick man of Europe' because of its addiction to ultraprocessed foods, claims top dietary expert Tim Spector as he likens dangers of 'hyper-palatable' junk to passive smoking
Professor Tim Spector called for compulsory warning labels for food packaging as he said Brits' diet of poor quality food, is making them overeat and is fuelling diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
British American Tobacco: Buy, Sell, or Hold?
There's no way to sugarcoat the trade-off being made by British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) shareholders. You're getting a massive 9.7% dividend yield, but you are taking on a huge amount of risk for that outsize yield. The big problem is that there is no easy fix to what ails this cigarette…#bti #reubenbrewer #motleyfool (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
E-cigarettes's chemicals linked to 'increased risks of catching COVID-19' in new study
Scientists involved in the study hope the Food and Drug Administration will use their findings to implement regulatory laws on e-cigarette products. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ECR: AI algorithm quantifies fatty tissue on chest CT for lung cancer prognosis
VIENNA - A deep-learning algorithm used with chest CT can help clinicians quantify patients' subcutaneous fat tissue levels on lung cancer screening -- and thus better predict disease outcomes, according to a presentation delivered on 29 February at ECR 2024.
The findings could help clinicians tailor patient care, said presenter Dr. Fabian Pallasch of University Medical Center Freiburg in Germany.
"[We found that] subcutaneous adipose tissue density at baseline and a decrease in subcutaneous adipose tissue volume and density within one year [were] associated with mortality beyond clinical risk factors, which may help to ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 3, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: Clinical News CT Source Type: news
opening a vape shop or some sort of tobacco production
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Christian pop-up nightclub in Nashville plays Jesus rap and forbids twerking, drinking, and smoking
Attendees at The Cove, an 18-and-up, pop-up Christian nightclub, dance in unison on February 17, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. Jessie Wardarski/AP A pop-up Christian nightclub is gaining traction among a young, diverse crowd looking for community. The club, which plays religious rap and hip-hop,…#christian #nashville #tennessee #jessiewardarski #latin #ruleno #blackchristian #christians #protestants #ericdiggs (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Germany Confirms Leaked Audio Of Its Top Generals Discussing Blowing Up The Crimean Bridge
In a huge development and absolute smoking gun revelation, the government of Germany has confirmed the authenticity of a leaked audio recording file published by Russia's state-backed RT. The leak was first…#crimeanbridge #rteditor #margaritasimonyan #russian #moscow #ukraine #kerchstraitbridge #berlin #olafscholz #rome (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zyn nicotine pouches are trending on TikTok. Anti-tobacco advocates are concerned for teens
There’s nothing complicated about the latest tobacco product trending online: Zyn is a tiny pouch filled with nicotine and flavoring. But it has stoked a debate among politicians, parents and pundits that reflects an increasingly complex landscape in which Big Tobacco companies aggressively push…#bigtobacco #tiktok #jasjitahluwalia #brownuniversity #ahluwalia #philipmorris #democrats #republicans #chuckschumer #conservative (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Convolutional neural networks combined with classification algorithms for the diagnosis of periodontitis
ConclusionThe
PER-Alexnet + RF model has reached high performance for whole-case
periodontal diagnosis. The CNN models combined with CA can assist
dentists in quickly and accurately diagnosing the stage of
periodontitis. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - March 1, 2024 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Use of tobacco products and suicide attempts among elementary school-aged children - Lee PH, Tervo-Clemmens B, Liu RT, Gersten MB, Jung JY, Janes AC, Gilman J.
IMPORTANCE: The use of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and vaping, has rapidly increased among children. However, despite consistent associations found between smoking cigarettes and suicidal behaviors among adolescents and adults, there are limit... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
UK is 'sick man of Europe' because of its addiction to ultraprocessed foods, claims top dietitian Tim Spector as he likens dangers of 'hyper-palatable' junk to passive smoking
Professor Tim Spector called for compulsory warning labels for food packaging as he said Brits' diet of poor quality food, is making them overeat and is fuelling diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experts demand UK U-turns on 'absurd' smoking ban that would make it illegal for today's children to ever buy cigarettes after trailblazing New Zealand scrapped world-first scheme
Britain has been urged to snuff out Rishi Sunak's dream of a generational ban on smoking after New Zealand formally announced its plans for a world-first ban have gone up in smoke. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AI can aid radiologists in the fight against lung cancer
AI software can come to the aid of overwhelmed radiologists by aiding in the crucial tasks of detection, quantification, and future risk prediction of lung cancer on CT exams -- both in low-dose screening exams and in nonscreening chest CT exams.
Radiologists inundated with lung nodule findings may find that AI can come to their aid in the crucial tasks of detection, quantification, and future risk prediction of lung cancer on CT exams -- both in low-dose screening exams and in nonscreening chest CT exams.
Among common incidental findings in medical imaging, pulmonary nodules appear on about one-third of chest CT scans l...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Liz Carey Tags: Clinical News Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
