Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C48hPIkLnA-/ Nearly 75% of those in the army, navy, and marines work outside in the sun more than 6 hours a day, most of those who served in the Iraq War suffered at least one sunburn, 40% of the military are unaware of their skin cancer risk, and air force flyers exposed to higher radiation levels face even higher risks. These facts were presented to the Amer...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C48f8vmrWSg/ Canadian researchers are about to tell the American Chemical Society spring meeting attendees that even unheated cannabis vaping liquids from both regular stores and bought off the street contain toxic metal particles.  They tested for 12 metals and found high and dangerous levels of lead as well as lower levels of arsenic, mercury, and cadmium. ...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qxoA1rabU/ The Food and Drug Administration and Stonewall Kitchen are recalling Stonewall Kitchen Gluten-Free Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Mix due to undeclared wheat in the product.  Those with an allergy to wheat, those with gluten sensitivity, and those with celiac disease could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction should they consume this p...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qwhbnLzDD/ The Food and Drug Administration and multiple manufacturers are recalling ground cinnamon as it is contaminated with lead.  Lead is taxic to the nervous system and a particular danger to developing children.  Impacted are: La Fiesta Brand Cinnamon Ground .87oz; SWAD Cinnamon Powder 3.5 oz. Best Before March and July 2026; El Chilar Ground Cinnamon...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qvxjBLlaq/ The Food and Drug Administration and KALO Foods now recall KALO Carrot and Chocolate Cake Single Slices contain undeclared soy. The cake slices were sold in North Carolina and Virginia. Do not consume these cake slides, and return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.  For more information, contact Michael Cusato at 1-336-949-4802. http...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qu9jdrw81/ The Food and Drug Administration and Wesco, Inc. have recalled Wesco Fresh No Bake Mint Cookies as selected units contain undeclared peanut.  Affected are packages with sell thru dates of 03/15/2024, 03/16/2024, 03/17/2024, 03/18/2024. These cookies were sold throughout Michigan’s lower peninsula. Return these cookies to the place of purchase for...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4quJ0TrNEt/ The Food and Drug Administration and John B. Sanfilippo and Son, Inc. have recalled Great Value Honey Roasted Cashews as they contain undeclared milk and coconut allergens.  Those with an allergies to milk and coconuts could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction should they consume this product.  Affected is product labeled Best...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qtOLgLMSU/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Textron are recalling Model Year 2024 Arctic Cat Catalyst 600 Series Snowmobiles.  The brake line tends to contact the brake disc and fracture leading to loss of braking, crashes, and injuries to riders and bystanders. About 2,700 were sold in the US and about 900 were sold in Canada. Stop riding these sn...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qsYFVrQbz/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and TJX are recalling Tommy Bahama brand children’s pants in sets.  The plastic end pieces on these pants’ fake drawstrings detach creating choking hazards. About 14,500 were sold in the US and about 660 were sold in Canada all at Marshall’s stores. Don’t allow your children to wear these pants until you have...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qrtNMLDDM/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Yamaha are recalling Yamaha PA-10 AC Power Adapters.  The cases of these electric piano AC adapters crack open exposing electrical components leaking to shock and electrocution hazards.    About 34,500 of these adapters were sold at Guitar Center, Amazon.com, Sweetwater Sound, Sam Ash, Musicians Friend, B...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qqi5ArtBP/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the GT company are recalling GT LaBomba bicycles as their headtube/downtube weld fails and the unit separates from the frame leading to crashes, falls, and injuries to riders and bystanders. About 3,040 bikes were sold in the US and bout 324 were sold in Canada at bicycle stores nationwide. Immediately st...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qpu_gr8TI/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Jool Baby are recalling Jool Baby Nova Baby Infant Swings.  These swings have an incline angle greater than 10 degrees in violation of federal infant sleep product and labeling regulations with risks of suffocation. About 63,100 of these swings were sold at Walmart stores and online at JoolBaby.com,.amazo...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/drhowardsmithreports/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Getallfun now recall 216 piece 5 millimeter magnetic ball kits.  Theses magnets are too small and too powerful thus violating federal toy regulations to prevent aspiration and choking as well as intestinal damage.  These magnets can trigger choking and intestinal obstruction, perforations, and infe...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qnfv4rY0L/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Anker now recall Anker EverFrost Battery Powered Cooler Model A17A0,1, and 2.  The lithium-ion batteries in these coolers overheat with fire and burn hazards. About 5480 coolers were sold in the US and about 160 were sold in Canada at Best Buy, TD Synnex, and other stores nationwide and online at kickstar...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qmoJGrBSx/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and System Sensor are recalling Honeywell System Sensor L-Series Low Frequency Fire Alarm Sounders Model #s HWL-LF and HWL-LF-BP10.  The sounders and strobes on these units are defective and fail to deploy and alert in the case of a fire. About 29,000 of these sounders were installed by Honeywell authorized i...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qlp88rrZV/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Best Buy are recalling Insignia Air Fryers and Air Fryer Ovens.  These air fryers overheat and melt their own handles, while the air fryer ovens overheat and shatter the oven door glass.  All this leads to fires, burns, and lacerations. About 187,400 fryers and fryer ovens were sold in the US, and about 9...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qkiPurK-Q/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the US boiler company are recalling U.S. Boiler, New Yorker Boiler, Advantage, FORCE and Archer brand gas-fired hot water residential boilers.  The blocked vent shutoff switch can fail with boilers installed above 5,400 feet in altitude leading to toxic levels of carbon monoxide output and poisoning of ho...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4gjZVdrHew/ The Eli Lilly company is now selling many of its drugs, including the sought-after diet drug tirzepatide, branded Zepbound, directly to you at low prices.  This cuts out the intermediaries including the wholesaler, pharmacy benefit managers, pharmacies, and insurance companies who tack on additional costs as the medications pass through their hand...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4gic7bLroi/ The first coronary balloon catheter that not only opens these critical heart-feeding arteries but helps to keep them open has now won FDA approval for marketing.  Boston Scientific’s Drug Coated Balloon or DCB, coated with paclitaxel,  reduces the risk of vessel reblocking during a one year period by 38%.   The superiority of this DCB, branded as...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4ghnWwr6iL/ During this season of award shows, the medical community won’t be left out.  One dermatology professional association, the American Contact Dermatitis Society has named sulfites the Allergen of the Year for 2024. Sulfites as a family of chemicals can be present in foods, drinks, cosmetics, and therapeutic skin creams both over-the-counter and pres...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4ggwWnr9X4/ Novo Nordisk, the Danish manufacturer of the diabetes drug semaglutide, repurposed for weight loss and branded as Wegovy and Ozempic, is once again screaming a warning to all those who are searching for this drug in a market where it is in very short supply.  While these warnings have been coming from the company and the FDA since late last year,...

x https://www.instagram.com/p/C4gTotpLcsd/ Those children with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, commonly carry the SCN2A genetic variation.  This mutation that affects the flow of electrical signals in and out of brain cells has broad impacts on the developing neurologic system.   These include a likelihood of seizures but also changes to the eyes’ motor controls.  UC-San Francisco neurologists have...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4gS3KPLeVF/ Using a clever DNA barcoding selection system, bioengineers and immunologists at the University of Pennsylvania have identified lipid nanoparticles or LNPs that selectively accumulate in the lungs.  These molecules than become ideal transport mechanisms for delivery of mRNA to lung tissues.  Such mRNA can be specifically created to trigger the pro...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4gR-gkrLco/ Small biopsies of a patient’s pancreatic cancer can be grown out into a 3D cell matrix that provides an advanced look at how effective any given chemotherapy might be inside the human body.  Researchers at La Jolla California’s Salk Institute now report the optimal method for rapidly growing these organoids. The harvested cancer cells grow in liqu...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C4gQ6IVr85r/ Women monitored with magnetic resonance imaging following initial treatment for BRCA1 positive breast cancer enjoy a 3.5-fold lower risk of mortality compared with those not monitored with such imaging.   This the conclusion of a multisite collaborative study by the Hereditary Breast Cancer Clinical Study Group.   The study reviewed the cases of 2...