Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/b5IJjsOEf-s   The FDA and the My Stellar Lifestyle company are recalling the Wonder Pill with lot numbers 20210912 and 31853-501 with an expiration date of 9/24.   These pills are tainted with tadalafil, a phosphosdiestase inhibitor drug marketed as the prescription erectile dysfunction drug Cialis.   This contaminant makes this over-the-counter supplement an unapprov...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/dBybQ56vNZ4   The FDA and Momyer Distribution Inc have recalled Holly Hill Dark Chocolate Almonds.   This candy contains undeclared milk.   Those with milk allergies could develop serious and life-threatening allergic reactions should they ingest these chocolates.   This candy was sold in Oregon and Washington state at retail markets including Safeway/Albertsons and R...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/zORoMr5yZYg   The FDA and Chai Box are recalling Chai Concentrate Mix 16 and 64 oz. bottles and Unsweetened Chai Concentrate Mix 9, 16, and 64 oz bottles.   These mixes are contaminated with Clostridium botulinum due to deviations in the commercial sterilization process.   This bacterium causes a weakening of all body muscles leading to respiratory failure, visual def...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/gOYRkS4cgq8   The FDA and Whole Foods are recalling Zerto Fontal Cheese.   The cheese contains the egg white protein lysozyme.   Those who are egg-allergic should develop a serious or life-threatening reaction should they develop these cheeses.   This cheese was sold allergic rhinitis Whole Food stores in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey.   This cheese has a sell...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/65ndbfzootw   The FDA and Old Europe Cheese are recalling all Brie and Camembert Cheeses sold under the following brands: Black Bear, Block and Barrel, Charmant, Cobblestone, Culinary Tour, Fredericks, Fresh Thyme, Glenview Farms, Good and Gather, Heinen, Joan of Arc, La Bonne Vie, Lidl, Life in Provence, Market 32, Maitre D’, Metropolitan, Prestige,   PrimoTaglio, Re...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/3EwJphh-8QY   The CPSC and Rockgeist are recalling Rockgeist BarJam Brackets that are used to attach camping gear to the bike while riding.   These brackets attached to the bicycle handlebars may crack and break allowing the attached gear to fall off and cause a bicycle accident and injuries to the rider or bystanders.   About 420 of these brackets were sold online at...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/tdQ4x25NrfU   The CPSC and BE Jewel Accessories are recalling Children’s Bowtie Hairclips.   The crystals on these hair clips contain lead levels that exceed the permissible federal safe levels.   Lead is a neurotoxin and, if ingested, impedes a child’s normal development.   About 1200 hair clips were sold at Dollar stores and other discount stores nationwide.   If yo...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/SiNDk5nw7Lg   The CPSC and Yamaha Motor Corporation USA now recall Yamaha Viking Off-Road Side-by-Side vehicles.   The rear brake lines on these vehicles have been improperly installed and may fracture leading to brake fluid leakage, reduced braking power and vehicle control, crashes, and injuries involving the drivers, passengers, and bystanders.   About 330 of these...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/iPhdNzpifw8   The CPSC and North States Industries are recalling Toddleroo Rotating Cabinet Latches.   The latching buttons on these safety devices may detach and create a choking hazard for young children.   About 103,000 of these safety latches were sold at Walmart, BuyBuyBaby and other stores nationwide and online at northstatesind.com and other websites.   Immedia...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/GWwIxwgHCrE   The CPSC and Hyper Products are recalling HyperJuice Stackable GaN 65W and 100W USB-C Chargers and HyperJuice 130W USB-C Battery Packs.   These chargers and battery packs can overheat while charging and create fire and burn hazards.   About 18,200 of the chargers were sold in the US at B&H Photo stores and online at bhphotovideo.com and hypershop.comm, 5...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/uee24SKLb-Y   The CPSC and Textron Specialized Vehicles are recalling 2022 and 2023 Freedom and Valor E-Z-GO RXV personal transportation vehicles.   The steering knuckles and A-arms on these utility vehicles break on impact leading to loss of vehicle control, crashes, and injuries to the driver and bystanders.   About 34,000 of these vehicles have been sold at EZ Go d...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/p_BmuioxOJ8   The CPSC and Value City Furniture are recalling Flynn Twin Full Bunk Beds With Ladders.   The ladder geometry is flawed and its second rung is placed so close to the lower bunk frame that a child may be trapped between the two.   About 821 beds have been sold at American Signature Inc. and Value City Furniture stores nationwide and online at valuecity.co...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/mGLhaLoCcKM   The CPSC and Custom Elevator and Cambridge Elevating are recalling their residential elevators.   The spaces between the external landing doors and the interior elevator car door is wide enough that a child may become entrapped and suffer injuries or even death.   If you have one of these elevators in your home, discontinue using it.   Contact the elevat...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/R86eH8jRlqQ   MIT bioengineers and oncologists have developed a rapid card-based test to assess a person’s levels of neutralizing antibodies that can fend off a CoVid infection.   The system employs the typical lateral flow card used in current CoVid home antigen test kits.     A drop of blood from a finger prick enters a capillary tube.   The tube is placed in a pref...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7nCgUcIjJNY   The Australian digital health startup ResApp will become part of the Pfizer family after $116 millionUS changes hands.   The ResApp mobile app analyses cough and other respirator sounds to help diagnose asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, croups, and COPD.   The app might help with the diagnosis and staging of CoVid.     https://www.startupdaily.net/topic/asx...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/x__bMilMWNY   Inventive bioengineers at Georgia’s Kennesaw State College of Computing and Software Engineering are developing a finger probe to   measure blood glucose levels without a blood draw, fingerstick, or even a microneedle in the subcutaneous tissue.   Named GlucoCheck, the system shines visible laser light through either finger or ear tissues and uses a smar...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/AkpQ47lvXPg   Clothing with AI-controlled and air-driven actuators will help kids coping with cerebral palsy fine-tune their arm and leg motions.   Bioengineers at UC-Riverside working with clinicians at California’s Children’s Hospital of Orange County, better known at CHOC, are developing shirts and pants with air bladders and control sensors.   Then a child intends...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/zoUGgY0ZH44   Canadian bioengineers have developed the technology for diagnosing and analyzing cancers in the brain using a 3D printed ultrasensitive nanosensor capable of detecting tumor-specific proteins in at little as 5 ul of blood using surface-enhanced Raman scattering methodology.   This liquid biopsy system can detect a primary or secondary tumor with nearly 1...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Ejhc3gnADLc   Stem cells are the precursors for all cells in our bodies.   Australian researchers announce the development of a microfluidic blood stem cell incubator.   The system on a plexiglass block mimics the pulsatile circulation of the embryo that is a key factor in driving the generation of blood stem cells.   It seems that general stem cells recognize pulsing...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/8qyNd-Is8Ts   Those wearing reusable contact lenses were nearly 4 times more likely to develop microbial keratitis, a corneal infection, in comparison to those using disposable lenses.   Ophthalmologists at University College London reviewed the cases of 205 contact lens wearers.   Compared with those using disposable lenses, the risk of amoeba-driven keratitis was 3....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/qyWOT6uIGsU   This graph says it all. The pediatric deaths due to CoVid are nearly 5-fold higher than those due to influenza during a typical winter respiratory disease season. The numbers were tabulated by Boston’s Brigham snd Women’s ER Dr. Jeremy Faust from CDC data.     The kids reflected in these statistics are your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and,...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/vbnUSpg07wc   Complete CoVid vaccination plus a booster reduces the chance that a pregnant woman will develop a moderate to severe Omicron infection 3.5-fold.   This study by the UK’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit reviewed the cases of 3699 women admitted to 94 British hospitals with test positive Omicron.   Even more striking was the fact that 76.7% of symptom...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/uBnr6Gi4saA   A purple tomato containing 10 fold more antioxidants could someday be sitting on your grocery store shelves.   These tomatoes appear like giant blueberries and, in many ways, are just that.   Using bioengineering, genes from the antioxidant rich purple snapdragon plant are added to the tomato’s own genetic complement to increase its production of anthocy...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/IK711__1grk   The general intravenous anesthetic ketamine quickly induces a reversal of depression in even the most medication-resistant persons.   Problem is that the relief can be fleeting.     Pittsburgh psychiatrists now show that pairing the single ketamine injection with a 4 day digital positivity training program extends the drug’s positive effects for more tha...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/IOHSxlBSvMM   The vaccines against CoVid have prevented 8 million cases of the disease in the US, prevented at least 120 thousand American deaths, and kept 700 thousand of our friends and relatives out of the hospital.   These statistics come from the Columbia School of Public Health.   The CoVid vaccines received emergency use authorizations in December of 2020 for f...