Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DFgA_cvvjj6/ The maker of ChrisDowa products is recalling ChrisDowa Roller Window Shades. These window shades have long operating cords and lack required safety labeling thereby violating federal safety regulations for window coverings. About 19,500 units were sold exclusively online through Amazon.com from December 2022 to September 20...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFdyLCRuuQp/ SHEIN Distribution Corporation now recalls Teckwe Hair Dryer Brushes. This device lacks an immersion protection device creating shock and electrocution hazards should the product fall into water while plugged in. About 10,000 units were sold online through the SHEIN website and shipped nationwide to states including California, Texas, Florida,...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DE5kUccO90q/ Dierbergs Markets is recalling their Premium Home-Style Mashed Potatoes in16-ounce packages with a Sell By Date of January 9, 2025.  These mashed  potatoes contain undeclared wheat creating a risk for those with wheat allergies, gluten sensitivities, and celiac disease. These mashed potatoes were sold at Dierbergs Markets i...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE5j3SUOaSE/ Lifestyle Evolution now recalls NuGo Dark Chocolate Chip Nutrition Bars and NuGo Dark Pretzel Nutrition Bars, Best By dates of December 14-23, 2025.  Specific lots contain undeclared milk, a risk for those with milk allergies. These bars were sold nationwide at retail locations and online by Amazon, Costco, Wegmans, Giant Eagle, and other outle...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DE5jQD8pFoy/ The Mochi Ice Cream Company LLC is recalling My Mochi Peach Mango Sorbet, lots 337-24 and 341-24. This sorbet contains undeclared pasteurized cooked egg white, a risk for those with egg allergies. About 1,350 cases of the affected sorbet were sold nationwide. If you have any of this My Mochi Peach Mango Sorbet in your freez...

x Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE3OvznPqGz/ Sig Sauer is recalling its SIG SAUER ROMEO5 Red Dot Sights, Models SOR52001 and 7400579, and those bundled with Model SORJ53101. These products violate federal safety regulations for button cell batteries. The batteries included with the sights are not in child-resistant packaging, lack required warnings, and can be easily accessed, posing a...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DE3M7aesRgO/ Wemfg now recalls Wemfg Children’s Multi-Purpose Bike Helmets, Model MD-710-S. These helmets fail to meet federal safety regulations for positional stability, impact labeling, and certification.  About 6,500 units were sold exclusively on Amazon.com between April and July 2024. Immediately stop allowing your children to wea...

Your Food May Be Aging You Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE3FugURhQi/ Ultra-processed foods, UPFs, yes those sugary drinks, colorful cereals, cookies, instant noodles, and cakes, pound on your body’s cells to the extent that it makes your body older than your actual chronologic age.  Nutritionists from Australia’s Monash University studied 16,055 subjects 20 to 79 years of age.  Tabulat...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DE3EziwuRqe/ Grapefruit interacts with various enzymes and transporters in the body.  When it does, it tends to make some prescription medications either less or more effective.  An excellent article on health.com lists all of the prescription drugs that grapefruit effects.  Let’s run through them so you’re in the know. • Statins: Used...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE3ESW9t2ue/ The US Environmental Protection Agency now bans trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (Perc).  TCE damages the immune as well as the nervous system and has been implicated in liver and kidney cancers as well as non-hodgekins lymphoma.  Perc is associated with  liver, kidney, brain, and testicular cancers. TCE is a common ingredient in c...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DE3DnANgEvw/ Bioengineers at New York University have perfected microchip-mounted bundles of field-effect transistors capable of detecting and precisely identifying pathogenic bacteria and viruses from samples of air.  Employing nanotechnology using graphene and microlithography, these chips can detect multiple microorganisms simultaneo...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE3B6xxvUxr/ Wish you could eat those burgers and fries without breaking your bathroom scale?  Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder may be able to make your dream come true.  Their pre-clinical study exposed mice to a typical high fat, high sugar western diet.   Those animals receiving weekly injections of heat-killed Mycobacterium vaccae ,...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DE3BTQTtVlh/ Without oxygen we die.  In some cases, it is impossible to establish a pathway into the lungs and sometime the lungs are unable to transmit oxygen into the bloodstream.  One solution to such problems has been ECMO or extra-corporeal membrane oxygenators or mechanical lungs that facilitate direct oxygen passage into red bloo...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE3AcxusITU/ Infants and toddlers glued to the TV or tablet for 14 hours or more a week had a 79% higher risk of an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis by age 12.  Pediatric investigators now report this link in the journal JAMA Pediatrics following their study of 5107 Australian children.  More screen time also occurred in families with greater economic cha...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DE2_4R0O5BN/ Even occasional drinkers raise their risk of cancer.  From Boston’s famed Dana-Farber Cancer Institute come details on why that is true. Alcohol damages the tissues it touches all along your gastrointestinal tract creating oxidative stress in cells. When your cells try to repair themselves, DNA changes, that is mutations, o...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE2_QIcPOUP/ Using an artificial intelligence-enhanced electrocardiogram model developed at Harvard’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, British cardiologists at Imperial College London have been able to pinpoint specific cardiac functional problems such as heart chamber malfunctions.  The EKG-AI analysis is even able to predict, besides heart pumping ma...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DE2-q55uiOm/ Ingesting calcium reduces a woman’s risk of colorectal cancer by some 17%.  This the report from the UK’s University of Oxford.  Epidemiologists there analyzed data from more than half million (542,778) women with a mean age of 60 years followed over 16 years.   Other foods besides those containing calcium also appeared to...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEnkpCSP6Ht/ Costco and LNK International Inc. are recalling Kirkland Signature Severe Cold & Flu Plus Congestion, Lot Number P140082. This product has unspecified foreign bodies contaminating it. About 25,000 units of this cold medicine were sold nationwide at Costco locations including Massachusetts, New York, California, Florida, Texas, and other sta...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DEnj8tiNQle/ Gardners Candies, Inc.has recalled its Cappuccino Meltaway® Bars, Lot Number 082725, and Gardners Meltaway Treat Boxes containing the Cappuccino Meltaway Bars, Lot Numbers 101625 and 112525. These products contain undeclared tree nuts (cashews) that create a risk of a serious allergic reaction for individuals with tree nut...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEnjakrMEhm/ Braga Fresh has recalled its Marketside Broccoli Florets, Lot Code BFFG327A6., Best if Used by Date” of December 10, 2024.  This product has listeria contamination.. This bacterium causes a severe and sometimes fatal systemic infection in the very young, older frail individuals, and those with weakened immune systems.  Listeria can also trigger...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DEni3I7PO-X/ Blue Ridge Beef now recalls its Kitten Mix   This pet food has salmonella contamination.   This bacterium can cause serious and sometimes fatal gastrointestinal and systemic infections in young children, elderly persons, and others with weakened immune systems. Affected is lot number N25-0716.. About 1,350 pounds of this pr...

xContamination Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEniRRgOYwA/ Abbey Specialty Foods now recalls its Wicklow Gold Cheddar Nettle & Chive and Wicklow Gold Cheddar Tomato & Herb cheeses.  Both have contamination with listeria monocytogenes. listeria monocytogenes.  This bacterium causes a severe and sometimes fatal systemic infection in the very young, older frail individuals, and thos...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DEnhB_Rs5Cd/ DLWL-US is recalling Euqee Wintergreen Essential Oils.  This product’s packaging lacks child-resistant features and creates a poisoning risk if a child ingests the oil. About 3,750 bottlex\s were sold exclusively on Amazon.com between December 2023 and August 2024. Immediately store this essential oil out of children’s reac...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEngaPjsdEc/ LordRoads is recalling its Yaomiao Children’s Jewelry Sets .  The components have dangerous levels of lead and cadmium that pose significant health risk to your children. About 6,900 units were sold exclusively on Amazon.com between January 2022 and March 2024. Stop allowing your children to play with these jewelry set.  Contact LordRoads at im...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/reel/DEnfrnpPbRD/ Kawasaki Motors USA now recalls John Deere ZTrak™ Zero Turn Mowers equipped with Kawasaki engines. Affected are models Z720E, Z730M, Z740R, and Z760R.  The Kawasaki engines have defective voltage regulators that trigger engine overheating creating fire and burn hazards. About 39,000 of these mowers were sold nationwide thro...