Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/4Jgo_sw9i2M   The nanoparticle dust released from your laser printer’s ink cartridge can modify your genetic material and trigger cardiovascular, neurologic, and metabolic disorders.   This according to a collasborative Chinese and American study just published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences .   The tissue and blood changes found in rats after thei...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/juFV0v8JcjI   CDC is pinpointing an E. coli outbreak arising from clover sprouts served at Jimmy Johns’s restaurants in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Texas, and Utah.   If you have recently eaten clover sprouts on a sandwich from Jimmy John’s and are now suffering from stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea immediately contact your doctor for testing and proactive tre...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-qaiZeIbGsQ Choice Products of Eau Claire, WI has a voluntary recall on 3 lb Tubs - Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Recalled.   Contains undeclared milk from milk chocolate chips mistakenly added to the product..   Customers should dispose of the product and contact the company at 1-715-318-2848 for a full refund.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-saf...

  xvid https://youtu.be/FxtK0liakRg   Med Man Distribution has voluntarily recalled is Up2 dietary supplement and Bow & Arrow dietary supplement libido enhancer.   products.   A FDA lab analysis has shown that these products contain undeclared sildenafil, the generic for Viagra.   Sildenafil may interact with nitrates found in drugs such as nitroglycerin lowering blood pressure below safe levels....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/t79WUYQmuVw   Sierra Soups of Fresno, CA is voluntarily recalling its Pasta e Fagioli Soup Mix.   The product contain a wrapped package of pasta that contains gluten.   The entire product is labeled gluten-free.   Ingesting. the gluten in this product may cause serious gastrointestinal distress and sometimes life-threatening allergic reactions.   Production of this pr...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/n1b3_qy0v-I   Moonstruck Chocolate Co. of Portland OR is voluntarily recalling its Moonstruck Praline Pecan & Ginger Element Bar In Dark Chocolate due to undeclared milk in the product.   Do not use this product.   Return it to the point of purchase for a refund.   For info call that company at 1-800-557-6666.     https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/oyjD7YyY0ho   Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets Inc. of Lakewood, CO is voluntarily recalling its Natural Grocers brand Almond Clusters Dark Chocolate due to undeclared peanut allergen.   Those allergic to peanuts could experience a life-threatening reaction.   Do not use this product.   Return it to the store for a refund or credit.   For questions, contact the co...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/l_2AbbK0Fus   Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets Inc. of Lakewood, CO is voluntarily recalling its Natural Grocers brand Peanut Clusters Dark Chocolate due to undeclared almond allergen.   Those allergic to almonds could experience a life-threatening reaction.   Do not use this product.   Return it to the store for a refund or credit.   For questions, contact the co...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/2VeQNXkqdfc   Taro Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling phenytoin which is the generic for the anti-seizure med Dilantin.   Two lots of this product have a flawed composition, and the medication may not properly suspend when shaken.   This could result in dangerous under- or over-dosing.   This drug is most often used in babies and young children.   The two lots a...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ii-xpbDI6Xo   7 precautions you can take to remain healthy. Wash hands with soap/water for 20 sec. frequently particular after toileting, before eating, after nose blowing coughing, sneezing.   No soap/water? Use alcohol hand sanitizer. Avoid close contact with sick persons. Avoid touching eyes, nose, and mouth. Stay home if you’re sick. Cough a cough/sneeze into your...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/aIBFjDNFFjU   WARNING LEVEL 3: No non-essential travel.   China and South Korea. ALERT LEVEL 2: No non-essential travel for older adults and those with chronic medical conditions.   Italy, Iran, Japan.   Other destinations with community spread:   Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan. WATCH LEVEL 1: Travel OK but practice usual precautions.   Hong Kong.   https://www.cdc.gov/c...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/gg8g4VpAhi4   Ongoing Chinese trial of two anti-HIV drugs, lopinavir and ritonavir,   An NIH team led by University of Nebraska is slated to begin clinical testing of an antiviral drug remdesivir on covid19 infected patients.   This drug, developed for Ebola, has shown activity against coronavirus.   Chinese studies will also use this drug.   https://www.thelancet.com...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/JhQ4qo4s5cE   Moderna Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA has shipped first batches of its CoVid19 vaccine to be used for clinical testing in April.   This vaccine was developed using a cutting edge genetic method employing messengerRNA that codes for Coronavirus proteins.   The mRNA triggers lymph node production of immune cells that attack the virus.   It will require a yea...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/0b73wWtxkJo One case report of viral transfer from an asymptomatic carrier in China.   Five family members contracted the disease from a a person who had been in Wuhan. Case series from Wuhan: 710 total with disease; 7.3% critically ill: 2/3s men; non-survivors were older, had other illness. Larger   case series just in from Wuhan: total of   44, 672 confirmed cases:...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ll7Qe3Mp8Vw Published on 2/26/2020 and data not updated since 2/21/2020: Total confirmed cases: 60 Travel-related: 12 Person-To-Person: 2 Community: 1 Repatriated US Citizens From China: 3 From Diamond Princess Cruise Ship: 42 Total Tested: 445   https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/   #covid19 #coronavirus #epidemic #pandemic #cdc

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/6r9TeuoT8rA   Bloomberg News:   As of 2/28/2020, 8:40 AM Worldwide cases: 83,810; Worldwide Deaths.: 2870. Latest country by country from coronavirus.video: China: Cases: 78824 Deaths: 2788. S. Korea: Cases: 2022 Deaths: 13. Italy: Cases: 655 Deaths: 17. Iran: Cases: 245 Deaths: 21. Japan: Cases: 214 Deaths: 4.   #covid19 #coronavirus #epidemic #pandemi   https://www....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/zIBhW8YLjwg   Broccoli and its cruciferous vegetable cousins can inactivate a gene that cancers use to overwhelm our immune systems and our bodies.   This latest finding comes from Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center’s Cancer Research Institute.   We know that eating broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, collard greens, Brussel sprouts, and kale seems to reduce t...

  Vidcast:   ttps://youtu.be/a53grYTtFQc   Eating walnuts instead of other sources of fat in a diet can lower your blood pressure.   This conclusion comes from a study of 45 overweight or obese subjects by nutritionists at Penn State just published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.   The investigation found that eating walnuts to replace at least 5 percent of the typical 12 percent...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/DwKbPzuxesE   A Mayo Clinic study shows that many breast cancers may be safely and completely removed without sacrificing the overlying skin and nipple.   This study is being presented to the American Society of Breast Surgeons annual meeting this month.   The study looked at skin and nipple-sparing mastectomies in 769 women undergoing a total of 1300 surgeries.   At...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/oDDhKCrVM7E   If you’re looking to suppress your hunger without “pigging out” and bumping up your daily calorie count, try substituting avocados for carbs in your diet.   Nutrition scientists at the Illinois Institute of Technology studied some 31 overweight and obese subjects and modified their diets.   They replaced carbohydrate calories with fat calories from avoca...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/W3W5E-7jIng   Ok college students!   Looking to bump up your GPA?   Get yourself signed up for intramural sports ASAP!   A study of some 1800 Michigan State University freshmen revealed that those playing intramural sports earned a GPA average of 3.25 compared with the 3.07 GPA earned by the couch potatoes.   In addition, the data revealed that the athletes were less li...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/wZQQnmJFsVg   Meditation is designed to relax you, but a new study from University College London finds that one in every four persons who regularly meditates experiences a decidedly unpleasant experience on a regular basis. The investigators surveyed more than 1200 persons who had regularly meditated for at least 2 months.   The unpleasant experiences included anxiety,...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/yh5X7CmCtIo   Here’s a quickie exercise routine that can lower your blood pressure, reduce your risk of heart attack, boost your fitness, and sharpen your brainpower.   The best part is that there is no weight lifting, jogging, or sweating involved.   Integrative physiologists at the University of Colorado reported to the recent Experimental Biology scientific meeting...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/NtEvwL4EC2A   Tired of shelling out 3 bucks for that Starbucks Latte?   You might just derive some of the same emotional and psychological effect by looking at a picture of it.   Management researchers at the University of Toronto’s Rotman Management School studied responses to seeing even glimpses of coffee-related images.   Called priming, such images caused the sub...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/nabOsHgxA2o   Using whitening strips to wipe away those coffee and nicotine stains from your dental enamel makes your teeth sparkle.   But…..the chemical reactions that occur beneath the surface could trigger a time bomb.     This warning comes from biochemical studies at New Jersey’s Stockton University that were presented last week to the American Society for Bioche...