Month: December 2023

Juul Seeks Approval for Age-Restricted Menthol Pods

Juul Labs said on Tuesday it was seeking U.S. authorization for its new menthol-flavored pods, which require user age verification, to be used with its e-cigarette device that is under review by regulators.Juul’s e-cigarettes were briefly banned in the U.S. in June 2022… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., […]

Published on December 19, 2023

Study: Eating Crunchy Foods Boosts Weight Loss

A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that people eat up to half as fast when they chew more, leading to about 20% less food consumption. Eating foods with hard, crunchy, or chewy textures may help you lose weight by slowing down the… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David […]

Published on December 19, 2023

Causal functional connectivity in Alzheimer’s disease computed from time series fMRI data

Functional connectivity between brain regions is known to be altered in Alzheimer’s disease and promises to be a biomarker for early diagnosis. Several approaches for functional connectivity obtain an un-directed network representing stochastic associations (correlations) between brain regions. However, association does not necessarily imply causation. In contrast, Causal Functional Connectivity (CFC) is more informative, providing […]

Published on December 19, 2023