Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Sek3E-X63SM   You’ll make your best choice faster by quickly narrowing your alternatives to a pair.   Swiss psychologists now report the dynamics of this process after their study of 129 subjects attempting to finalize food choices from a menu.   The investigators unraveled the decision-making process by following the participants’ eye movements.   Those who arrived a...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/n8Fx1Wj1qzY   Aortic valve replacement by a minimally-invasive transcatheter technique, TAVR, yields long term results equal to those of open heart surgery.   Both restore a patient’s life expectancy to normal without an undue risk of post-op stroke.     A just published multi-site study led by cardiologists at LA’s Cedar-Sinai Hospital followed more than 2,000 patien...

Touching Foods Enhances Eating Experiences Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/zHerBqSyA4w   Handling food makes it tastier for individuals who select their meals with health in mind.   Marketing researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology tested a group of 190 undergraduates half of whom ate healthy cheese cubes or unhealthy mini donuts with their fingers and half with a toothpick.   The results show...

Sun Organic Wintergreen Essential Oils recalled due to inadequate child-resistant packaging and risk of poisoning due to the methyl salicylate component.   Secure the product out of reach of children and contact company at 800-216-7295 for a replacement with safe packaging. Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/phgFpIJvc7k   #skinoil #recall #poisoning  

Star Water Systems Sump Pumps recalled due to overheating and fire risk.   Discontinue use and contact company at 800-742-5044 to obtain a full refund. Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Uuvyfhb13Jg   #sumppump #firerisk #recall  

Juratoys Sophie la Giraffe Bead Maze Toy recalled since the toy has small parts that fail to meet federal safety standards.   Specifically the wooden triangle shape is a choking danger.   For questions, call the company at 855-665-9287 to check if your batch is being recalled..   Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/HvNJ3c60gak   #toyrecall #choking  

Country Home Products DR Walk Behind Leaf Blowers recalled since blades may break off and fly out of the unit.   Stop using produce and contact company at 800-687-6575 for instructions regarding refund. Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/PsPZKjcpVJY   #leafblower #recall  

Infantino Infant Carriers recalled due to faulty buckles that can break and create a fall hazard.   Stop using and contact company for directions to receive a replacement carrier at 800-840-4916. Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/tQ7DqXML7BA   #infantcarrier #recall  

Rawlings Catcher Helmets recalled since the back plate can fail to protect and lead to a head injury.   Sold in: US and Canada.   Return product to point of purchase or call 800-729-5464.

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/F_XOfcBOxkE   Rooms To Go #Patmos #ChaiseLounge Chair #recalled due to violation of the federal lead paint ban.   Stop using the chairs and contact company at 855-688-0919 for a replacement.  

Efficient Laboratories is voluntarily recalling lots of Rompe Pecho EX, Rompe Pecho CF and Rompe Pecho MAXliquid due to microbial contamination.   These are over the counter cold and flu medications.   Direct questions to the company at 305-805-3456.   #rompepecho #recall

Whole Foods voluntary recalling Bundt Cakes and Chocolate Dipped Cookies . Bundt Cakes (Chocolate Fudge Mini and Marble) and Chocolate Dipped Cookies (Dark Chocolate Dipped Almond Horn, Chocolate Dipped Coconut Macaroon) due to undeclared milk contamination.   Sold in: KY, MD, NJ, PA, OH, VA, DC. If you have a milk allergy, destroy or return the product. Bring a store receipt in for a full refund....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/O1oX1gbqUJc   Numbers of infected, hospitalized, and perished continues to rise quickly.   Get the latest stats from Bloomberg:   https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-wuhan-novel-coronavirus-outbreak/ and bookmark the page. As of this recording, DATE: 2/7/2020, TIME: 3 PM; ConfirmedCasesWorldwide: 31,479; DeathsWorldwide: 638. Norway’s Coalition for Epidermic Prepa...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/5ERcQDoWI9A   Waking to a melody versus a jarring buzzer is significantly more likely to erase that groggy feeling from the first part of your day.   This conclusion stems from a study just published by communication scientists at Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.   Fifty participants were surveyed for their preferred type of morning alarm sounds.   T...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/eb533qJMSyc   Kids whose mothers have pre-existing diabetes or develop it during their pregnancies are one and one-half times more likely to suffer from a hearing loss.   Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina studied 311 children of so-called diabetic pregnancies (CDPs) and compared them with matched controls.    The CDPs had a 71% incidence of heari...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/mFHrIsgV43o   Riding your bicycle to work regularly can reduce your chances of dying by 13% during any 15 year period.   New Zealand epidemiologists analyzed data from 3.5 million Kiwis, 80% of their working-age population.   Only 3% of the population cycled to work with 5% walking but the vast majority traveling by auto or mass transit.   Twice as many men cycled as wo...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/pxtKl_qb31I   A full 99.9% of meals that we eat outside the home aren’t well-balanced or healthy.   Nutritionists at Tufts University just released a dining habit analysis of more than 35,000 American adults surveyed from 2003 through 2016.   They studied both full service and fast food restaurants.   Predictably 70 to 75% of the fast food meals consumed were of poor...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/3DAXea20sSU   Natural sunlight triggers normal fat cell metabolism.   Experimental biologists from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital just published a study that explores how light performs this trick in mammals like rats and yes humans.   Fat cells contain light sensitive proteins called opsins.   Light reaches fat cells through our skin, activates opsins that release fa...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/c-JpAiLh5aw   Skiers turning in the best performances were the least likely to have blood pressure problems.   Swedish investigators compared the cardiovascular health of nearly 207,000 long-distance skiers with over a half million age and gender-matched individuals from the general population.   When the numbers were crunched, skiers were 41% less likely than non-ski...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/zGDZFppkjVo   Listening to high tempo music takes the pain out of exercise and boosts the value of lower intensity sessions.   Italian exercise physiologists report their experiences with 19 active women engaging in treadmill walking or weightlifting .   Listening to faster paced music reduces perceived exertion 50% more for walking than for weightlifting.   The effec...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/4vmYHwJ21dc   Smelling roses while studying and again while sleeping improves student outcomes.   Psychologists at Germany’s University of Freiberg studied 54 6 th grade students.   The experimental students were exposed to rose-scented incense while learning vocabulary, sleeping, and taking a quiz on the subject the next day.   The control group had no scent exposure...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/NkvA7GZpqBA   Waiting until age 50 to screen for bowel cancer is too late.   Tulane University researchers reviewed data from 92 million Americans looking at the incidence of colon cancer for each one year age group from 30 to 60 years.   There is a 46% increase in cancer incidence between ages 49 and 50 indicating that these additional cancers had a delayed diagnosis...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/hqeOv8cPjj0   Anterior cruciate ligament injuries with subsequent repairs lead to a 15% reduction in the connections between the brain and muscles of the affected leg.   Sports medicine scientists at the University of Michigan studied 10 subjects over 5 years following their surgery with MRI analysis of their corticospinal tracts, their brain to muscle cables.   Neural...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/nLpLf4-5fSY   Those suffering from eating pathology are nearly 4 times more likely to become addicted to exercise.   A meta-analysis of 9 studies and 2140 participants, average age of 25, was just published in the journal Eating and Weight Disorders .     The linkage between these problems is the tendency for those with eating challenges to demonstrate obsessive-compu...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/UEFVD_rDKsg   Children embrace guidance from adults who exude confidence, but they reject a hard sell from the over-confident.   These conclusions come from a Canadian study of   662 children 3 to 12 years of age.   The child subjects viewed videos that featured adult actors portraying justifiable and phony confidence as well as justifiable and sham hesitancy.   The r...