Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CyBVff4OMIO/ Recall By: Cpsc;  Polaris Problem:  The passenger side seat belt buckle brackets on 2023 Polaris RANGER and RANGER XP 1000 / XP 1000 Crew, Model Year 2024 Polaris Pro XD Full-Size Diesel Crew, Model Year 2024 Gravely ATLAS JSV-3400, and Model Year 2024 Bobcat UV34XL Gas were improperly welded with the seat belt anchor separating from the frame cre...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CyBULAUu2E1/ Recall By: Cpsc;  Future Motion Inc. Problem:  All models of this electric skateboard will fail to balance if the rider is too heavy leading to crashes, injuries, and possible death. Injuries reported include traumatic brain injury, concussion, paralysis, upper-body fractures, lower-body fractures, and death. Sold: 300,000 skateboards were sold na...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CyAnpZCOZtz/ The Yamaha Motor Company has jumped off its motorcycles to launch a healthcare company named Tuning Fork Bio.  This enterprise employs the Cell Handler automated tissue culture technology developed by Yamaha and Japan’s Fukushima Medical University to rapidly profile a patient’s circulating antibodies and other biomarkers.   Analysis of these prof...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CyAmmhuuETT/ Oxford University biochemists have harnessed the principal employed by electric eels to generate substantial supplies of electricity.  This novel bio-battery uses a chain of nanoliter hydrogel bubbles each containing a different ion concentration to create a chemical gradient capable of generating tiny electrical currents.  The bubble chains are c...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CyAlOE9OxO-/ The blood-brain barrier is a lipid-based protective filter that lines the blood vessels serving the brain.  It prevents the entry of harmful chemicals and microorganisms.  Now, Rice University bioengineers report the use of highly focused ultrasound to non-invasively poke multiple micro-holes in this barrier in order to admit a gene-carrying adeno...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CyAkTk_Oi_R/ US military immunologists have developed a human monoclonal antibody that, given as a single shot, effectively fights a rabies virus even when it has taken hold in the central nervous system.  Working in a mouse model, the researchers found that their novel antibody quickly triggers monocytes and T cells primed to kill rabies and a related Austral...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CyAjHjIudY1/ Infant girls with evidence of exposure to the CoVid virus were more than twice as likely to have antibodies against their own insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells as those without traces of CoVid in their systems.  German investigators led a multi-center collaborative cohort study of 885 female infants with a genetic predisposition to develop...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CyAh7KPO9QV/ Women traumatized by an unplanned caesarean section enjoy significant emotional benefit by playing just 15 minutes of the electronic game Tetris during the first 6 hours following delivery of their babies.  Swiss obstetricians and psychologists studied 146 women, and approximately half of them played Tetris while the control group was kept busy co...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx_Y7rvx7nF/ If you think it’s your toilet, you’d be dead wrong.  The autumn is here, and we all are spending more time indoors at home and in the kitchen.  It’s also the time when more germs are flying around including not only CoVid, influenza, and RSV, but the old standbys strep staph, and e.coli.  Don’t forget too, that there’s plenty of fungus among us. T...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx_X1VBx8Vs/ Supervised physical rehab therapy has an 85%-99% probability of improving the status of those suffering Long CoVid.  These patients enjoy reduction of physical fatigue, headaches, shortness of breath, and attention issues.  Ontario-based researchers report this finding after performing a meta-analysis of 14 clinical trials involving 1244 Canadians...

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxsSVkMOf0L/ Recall By: FDA; David’s Cookies Problem:  Lot #BS23212 of Marketside Chocolate Chip Explosion Cake actually contains Marketside Ultimate Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake, and the product packaging fails to warn of the peanut ingredient.  Sold: At Walmart stores nationwide. Actions:  If you have this product, return it to a Walmart store for a full refu...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxq9hR1RHSD/ Real By:  FDA; Kraft Heinz Problem:  Individual slices of Kraft Singles American Cheese have a thin wrapper film attached to them due to a malfunction of a wrapping machine.  If you ingest the slice, you could gag and choke on the film.  Affected are packages with A Best When Used By Date of 10 JAN 24 through 27 Jan 24 with an S and 72 in the manu...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxq9hR1RHSD/ Recall by: FDA; Safeway Fresh Foods Problem:  The product is contaminated with E. Coli O45.  This pathogenic bacterium triggers a diarrheal illness.  In some people, it triggers a form of kidney failure called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome.  Affected product has a use by date of 9/19/2023. Sold:  At Costco in Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxq8R0kxac3/ Recall By: CPSC; DR Power Equipment Co, Problem:  Metal fragments may separate from the chipper shredder’s housing and spew out creating laceration hazards for the operator and bystanders.  In addition, the hopper may detach from the chipper shredder leading to injuries. Sold: About 5900 chipper shredders were sold in the US and about 90 were sold...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxq7b48R5ZG/ Recall By: CPSC;  Make Believe Ideas Problem:  The plastic binding rings on all 7 Rainbow Road Series Board Books may detach from the books and create choking hazards for young children. Sold: About 260,000 books were sold in the US and about 12,900 were sold in Canada at Target, Barnes & Noble, Sam’s Club and other stores nationwide and onlin...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxq6l-BRIJS/ Recall By:  CPSC; H&M Problem:  H&M’s men’s clasp beaded bracelets contain levels of lead that exceed safe federal standards.  Lead is particularly neurotoxic if ingested by children. Sold:  About 12,290 bracelets were sold at H&M stores nationwide and online at hm.com. Actions:  Stop wearing these clasp bracelets and contact H&M a...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxq4jVwRcct/ Recall By: CPSC: FXI Inc. Problem: Novaform ComfortGrande 14-inch and Novaform DreamAway 8-inch Mattresses became wet during manufacture and may contain mold. Sold: About 48,000 mattresses were sold exclusively at Costco stores in the Northwest and San Francisco Bay Area. Actions:  Do not sleep on these mattresses.  Contact FXI at 1-888-886-2057 t...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxq3eu9xaAg/ Recall By: CPSC; Shimano North America Bicycle Inc. Problem: The 11-Speed Bonded Hollowtech II Road Cranksets have bonded parts that separate and break creating crash and injury risks to riders and bystanders.  Affected are Shimano Ultegra FC-6800, Dura-Ace FC-9000, Ultegra FC-R8000, Dura-Ace FC-R9100 and FC-R9100P 11-Speed Bonded Hollowtech Road...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxq1mjrRi0t/ Enlarged prostates that block a man’s urine flow and complete bladder emptying often lead to a root-router type of prostate surgery called trans-urethral resection of prostate, better known at TURP surgery.  The procedure often leads to undesirable complications such as sexual dysfunction and incontinence. The FDA has recently approved the Optilum...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxqzl9DRg77/ A tiny, barely visible but steerable nickel-titanium needle can be precisely guided into lung tissue while avoiding vital structures including blood vessels.  Blending the resources at the University of North Carolina, pulmonologists, radiologists, bioengineers, and computer scientists developed the robotic needle.   The needle is attached to a ca...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CxqygqQxEb2/ Are you hesitant to wolf down garlic-laden pesto or Caesar salad at lunch for fear that your rancid breath will turn off a client, your boss, or, worse, a date.  Ohio State University food scientists now report that yogurt has powerful halitosis-fighting powers.   Their studies show that two chief yogurt components, protein and fat, both have powe...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CxqxfRDR7PD/ A large multinational meta-analysis study shows that most children and teens under the age of 21 obtain vaping equipment, VE, from peers or siblings.  New Zealand researchers reviewed 17 studies covering approximately 30,000 young people from the United States, Canada, the UK, and Australia. Fourteen of the 17 studies were conducted in the US, and...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CxqwcB1RAYT/ The frequency of serious medication errors in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders has nearly tripled over the past 22 years.  This according to a survey of our nation’s poison control centers by pediatric investigators at Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The data revealed that two-thirds of the most ser...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CxqvoD6x6Ek/ Women more so than men who experience migraines are at a higher risk for early heart attacks and strokes.  Danish researchers reviewed the health records of 179,680 women and also 40,757 men over a 22 year period. Their data revealed that women with migraine had a 22% higher risk of heart attacks, a 21% higher risk of strokes due to blocked arteri...

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxqucsHxIqX/ Throughout our lives, we all experience ups and downs in our own perceptions of happiness throughout our lives.  Now teams of German and Swiss psychologists have collaborated to study this phenomenon by analyzing a series of studies covering some 460,902 subjects. Their data shows that childhood is a time of uniform happiness.  Then, as the pre-tee...