Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/gFWiaBxLy2k   Adding just one hour of TV or cell use each day bumps teen sugar and caffeine intake beyond World Health Organization guidelines.   Pediatricians at Canada’s McMaster University studied more than 32,000 US students from 8th through 10th grade.   The additional hour of TV bumped the risk of exceeding WHO sugar guidelines by 32% and caffeine guidelines by...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Xf9BlYSw2zM   Breast milk is the best milk for your baby.   If you supplement your own with some from a friend, neighbor, or a co-op, you could be dangerously exposing your child to viruses, disease, dangerous drugs, or inappropriate medications.   Researchers at New York’s Northwell Children’s Medical Center surveyed 650 mothers.   Half of them had no concerns about...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/fCEfcgUYoww   Nearly 4 extra years of education cuts a risk of alcohol dependence by 50%.   National Institutes of Health investigators draw this conclusion from their study of 780,000 participants.   The genetic markers linked to more education were not associated with less alcohol consumption but rather with less binge drinking, fewer memory gaps due to drinking, fe...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/jTLu0SqTsrw   If you’re pressured to answer a question, you will answer with a response designed to please the questioner even if its a lie.   UC-Santa Barbara psychologists draw this conclusion after testing a total of 3,000 participants.   Research shows that the human mind has two processing components: the higher functioning, rational section and the more instinct...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ozRY5Fj2CMw   Endurance running with a resistance band connecting your shoes can increase your running efficiency by over 9%.   Mechanical engineers at UC-Santa Barbara clocked runners with and without latex surgical tubing connecting their feet.   The tubing stores kinetic energy as the legs move past one another, and that energy helps power the next cycle.   The res...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/p5LbkvtUu74   The harder you think, the more sleep you require.   Neuroscientists at University College London report this finding after studying sleeping patterns in zebrafish.   These marine animals are a good model since, like humans, require a daily sleep session to rejuvenate their brains.   Experimental animals were driven to continuous brain activity by drugs s...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/80u3lfBHQRk   When you dine socially, you consume 48% more food than when you eat alone.   This conclusion comes from a meta-analysis of some 42 studies of group versus solo food consumption just published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.   On the other hand, eating with a group of strangers did not increase food consumption. The investigators conjecture...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/YAsWf2Xaeh0   Only half of pregnant women receive the recommended flu and whooping cough vaccines say the latest CDC statistics.   The flu is a terrible risk for a pregnant woman, and pertussis is the same for her newborn.   Pregnancy makes the flu more severe, and increases the risk for hospitalization by 2.5 times.   Every year, pertussis lands up to 700 babies unde...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/JI5Z-3IfCwo   Regularly consuming green, oolong, or black tea at least 4 times weekly will improve your brain’s regional synchrony and your thinking skills.   A collaborative study recently published in the journal Aging looked at MRI brain imaging and neuropsychological test results as a function of tea drinking.   The imaging studies showed that regular tea drinkers...

  Vidcast: https://youtu.be/T4cdm4mMfgE   Deadly head and neck melanoma has increased by 51% for children and younger adults over the past 20 years.   St. Louis University oncologists raise this warning after reviewing nearly 12,500   confirmed melanoma cases documented in American and Canadian cancer registries.   Once predominately a cancer of older patients, it is now popping up increasingly of...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/EjFQsAfXW2k   After my years as a camp counselor, raising 4 kids, and caring for children and their parents as a pediatric otolaryngologist for 40 years, here are my go-to principles for effective parenting.   ONE. Consistency.   Establish reasonable boundaries that create security.   Offer praise and rewards for remaining within them.   Use a carrot versus a stick.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Cx1EWDS3Cok   Most women are counseled to try a vaginal delivery following a previous Caesarian section (VBAC).   The latest evidence from the University of Oxford questions the wisdom of that recommendation.   More than 74,000 Scottish births over a 13 year period show that a VBAC is associated with a 7 fold higher risk of a uterine rupture, a 3 fold   higher risk of...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ZYkfn_mauO8   The common child discipline, the good old time out, is safe and effective.   University of Michigan pediatric psychologists report this conclusion after studying a large group of children in Early Had State Research study at 3 points in their early development: around 3, 4 and 10 years of age.   Despite the statements found on 30% of parental advice websit...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/QetW5Xs_9Uk   Our cells and bodies work on internal biological clocks which are lubricated for better efficiency by good old fashioned stress.   University of Minnesota biologists now report   this phenomenon in the journal Neuron.   Using a mouse model and tissue cultures of cells, the scientists unraveled the complex blend of signaling proteins that control the cloc...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/xidm260T2Qc   Overdoing your training for an endurance sport can leave you mentally fatigued.   A French investigation, just published in the journal Current Biology, studied 37 thirty something male athletes during a 9 week training program.   Over-training led to feelings of mental exhaustion but also increased impulsivity with a preference for immediate rather than...

x Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/NSuMJlOl42A   You’ll make poor choices and turn in awful intellectual performances on an empty stomach.   Psychologists at Scotland’s University of Dundee put 50 participants to the test either 2 hours after eating or following a 10 hour fast.   Test results revealed that hunger triggers impatience, impulsivity, and a need for immediate gratification .   The well-fed...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/YLtNdsKtk0Y   The CPSC and Polaris around the recall of Ranger, General Utility, Phoenix 200, and All-Terrain Vehicles.   These products each have throttle defects that may cause crash hazards.   If you own any of these vehicles, stop using them and contact your Polaris dealer to arrange a free inspection and repair.   You may reach Polaris by calling 1-800-765-2747....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1x43z_hkq08   The CPSC and Avalon Furniture are recalling Cottage Town Bedroom Furniture.   This product has base coat paint with unacceptably high levels of lead.   The furniture pieces involved ae part of the Cottage Town bedroom furniture collection including: dresser, mirror, headboard, footboard, and chests, and nightstand.   If you have this furniture in your ho...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/L3Zpb25hCkc   The CPSC and the Boy Scouts of America have recalled the Cub Scouts Outdoor Activity Pins.   The pin’s face and shaft both contain unacceptably high lead levels.   If your child has earned and received one of these pins, take it back to any Boy Scouts retail store for a full refund or a merchandise credit.   You may contact the Boy Scouts National Distri...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/zhzL-hi-ehU   The FDA and Transliquid Technologies are recalling Mystic Shield Protection Topical Solution, a hand sanitizer.   This product has been found to contain methanol contamination.   Methanol exposure may produce blindness, seizures, coma, headache and gastrointestinal symptoms.   This product has been distributed and sold in CA, LA, MA, and TX.   If you bou...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/KQ4YOMdO--Y   Women with these vasomotor symptoms or VMS are 70% more likely to suffer heart attacks or strokes over time.   Epidemiologists at Australia’s University of Queenland just published this warning after their meta-analysis of 23,365 women .   The risk of adverse cardiovascular consequences rises with severity of hot flushes and night sweats but not with how...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/JNv97823NnM   The most protective face masks available, excepting the N95s reserved for medical first responders, are multi-layered high-thread-count cotton and cup masks.   Mechanical engineers at Florida Atlantic University present these conclusions and provide visual proof.   These time lapse photos of each mask type show that a simple bandana offers little aerosol...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/v6pzU4nlni8   Pediatricians from children’s hospitals across the US just published their study of 186 children in 26 states who developed so-called MIS-C.     This disease is uncommon, 2 in 100,00, and begins 2-4 weeks after CoVid infection. Median age was 8.2 years, 62% were boys, and 70% tested CoVid19 positive. There was gastrointestinal inflammation in 92%, cardio...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/F6n9dM7ZsYY   Those who weather CoVid19, become virus negative but then subsequently test positive tend to be younger, sicker, and less immune to CoVid than those who remain negative.   A Chinese study, just released on sthe pre-print server medrixiv.org compared 15 such patients with 107 non-recurrent controls.   Their data showed that the rate of recurrent positivit...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7k46Q_wHFwc   Emptying every middle seat on an otherwise full airliner will cut your risk of contracting CoVid19 by 50%.   This conclusion comes to us from MIT’s Sloan School of   Management.   For details of the math, check out Professor Arnold Barnett’s online preprint.   He crunched the numbers using the coach section stats of the ubiquitous Airbus 320 and Boeing 7...