Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Av2ePEF8L3w   For the first time, a biologic drug relieved the nagging itch of moderate-to-severe eczema for babies and preschoolers.   The monoclonal antibody dupilumab, better known to TV audiences as Dupixent, drives a 75%+ reduction in eczematoid itch and better sleeping in at least half the children 6 months through 5 years who took it for 4 months.   These findi...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-ev0aQ5N8ks   Teens with higher levels of omega 3 fatty acids have longer attention spans and reduced impulsivity.   Spanish epidemiologists measured the levels of fish-based DHA and plant-based ALA score in the red blood cells of 332 teens with a mean age of nearly 14 years.   Their data revealed that those with the highest levels of DHA scored best on tests of atten...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/w_9x9A6OJ1k   The FDA and Salon Technologies have recalled Antica Farmacista Ocean Citron Hand Sanitizer alcohol gel 65%. This product has contamination with benzene.   The affected lot is 1166A with an expiration date of 6/18/2023.   Benzene is a carcinogen that can trigger leukemia.   This product has been sold in the Seattle area.   If you purchased it, return it t...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/aZf5IGg37QI   The FDA and GHGA are recalling multiple ready-to-eat vegetable products due to contamination with listeria monocytogenes.   The bacterium can trigger serious and sometimes fatal infections in the very young, frail elders, and in those with weak immune systems.   Listeria can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths.   The affected products include: Aspara...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/srC7xK-j9ek   The FDA and World Variety Produce, Inc. are recalling Melissa’s Dutch Red Potatoes with Dijon Mustard Sauce.   This food product contains undeclared egg.   Those with an egg sensitivity could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction should they consume these potatoes in mustard sauce.   The affected product has best by dates from 8/15/2022...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ZP9SnAFRaQ4   The FDA and Arcade Snacks have recalled Arcade Snacks Candy Corn, 15 ounce packages.   This product contains undeclared egg.   Those with egg allergies could develop serious or life-threatening allergic reactions should they consume this candy corn.   This product has been sold in Massachusetts and Connecticut at the following retail establishments:   Jo...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/IhQOcOxhMgQ   The FDA and Van Law Food Products Inc. are expanding the recall of Whole Foods Market 365 Organic Creamy Caesar Dressing.   The recall is being expanded to include product with a BEST IF USED BY DATE of SEP 21 22 through JUN 06 23.   The initial recall only only involved dressing with   a Best By Date of 04/06/2023.   This product contains undeclared soy...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/P3gXL4u8MHE   The FDA and TreeHouse Foods, Inc. are recalling Tuscan Garden Restaurant Style Italian Dressing.   Some of these bottles may contain Asian Sesame Dressing.   The label for the Italian dressing warns of egg and dairy but the Sesame dressing contains soy and wheat.   Those with soy or wheat allergies or Celiac Disease could develop serious and life-threate...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/dZnqEjTAk4g   The CPSC and Mr. Maria are recalling Miffy First LED Lights.   These lights may overheat and create a burn hazard.   About 1400 of these lights were sold at baby boutiques, gift shops and children’s stores nationwide, including the MoMA Store, the Clic Gallery, and Albee Baby all in New York City; Aldea Home, San Francisco; Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth,...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/0m_Mqo4Bm8M   The CPSC and Spaulding are recalling Spaulding Momentous EZ Portable Basketball Goals.   The welds in this device’s arm attaching the backboard to the pole may fracture causing the backboard to fall and injure bystanders.   About 13,400 of these basketball nets were sold in the US and 62 were sold in Canada.   Immediately stop using these portable basket...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/wXGQLKHs8jo   The CPSC and Accompany USA are recalling Accompany Black Ceramic MugsWith Cork Bottoms.   These coffee cups may crack and break when hot liquids are poured into them creating burn hazards.   About 25,000 of these cups were sold online at accompanyusa.com, logomark.com, vision1usa.com, nccustom.com/brand/lanco, infinityiwc.square.site, and admartproducts....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/6YJQICGjuEg   The CPSC and Angzhili, Goetas, Wadoy Pool and Spa, Chyir Myd are recalling 8 inch pool drain covers.   These covers fail to conform to the mandated entrapment protection standards proscribed by the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act and pose a hazard to swimmers and bathers.   About 7100 of these covers were sold online at amazon.com.   If you...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/oWG4pQzfkrw   The CPSC and Rooms To Go are recalling Canyon Lake and Cottage Colors Bunk Bed and Hutch Sets.   The ladders sold with these beds have a flawed geometry leading to possible entrapment and strangulation should body parts slip into the space above the second rung from the top snd below the bunk bed hutch cross-member.   About 2100 of these beds and hutches...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/pKozJBDZ12E   There is so many “middleman” costs in today’s US health care system, at least one startup is succeeding by offering consumers FDA-approved generic pharmaceuticals at out-of-pocket prices as low or lower than those offered by their health insurance companies as copays.   The online pharmacy DiRx, based in East Brunswick NJ, buys drugs directly from manufa...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/r2Op7LBY5h8   An international collaborative research group has demonstrated that a commercially-available breathalyzer, the TERA.Bio system, can diagnose CoVid.   It does so by detecting the spectral signature of CoVid19-specifiic volatile organic compounds in the exhaled breaths of the infected.     Testing a group of 70 CoVid-infected and 700 uninfected persons, th...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-wEP9j8wqrU   When the heart muscle begins to wear out and lose its life-supporting function but a transplant is not available or appropriate, an assist from a prosthetic pump is the only option to save a patient. Abbott’s HeartMate 3 implantable pump has now been shown in the MOMENTUM 3 study of more than 1000 patients to effectively pump blood while not damaging it,...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/kRgzAcvwbX4   A new gene assay called CovGENE predicts whether a CoVid-infected person will develop a severe, life-threatening case more than 90% of the time.   University of Virginia investigators performed genetic analyses on 39 of their own patients and used analyses carried out on 100 patients at 2 other medical centers.   CoVid patients with severe respiratory fa...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/AeWBdbS5mgY   The quantitative measurement of cell-free DNA methylation patterns, the so-called Gallieri test, offer real promise as a screen for cancers that currently popup unannounced and kills way too many of us.   These include cancers in the liver, small intestine, uterus, pancreas, bone, bile ducts, lung, ovary, as well as lymphomas and plasma cell myelomas.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/xkvyybF93Gc   Chinese researchers have developed a wearable in a mask format that detects CoVid and influenza viruses in the air around you.   Ion gel-gated sensors, mounted on the facemark, sensitively measure the presence of viral proteins that they contact.   They produce a signal that is amplified and wirelessly transmitted to a smartphone to warn the mask wearer....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/B1fm8Emghm4   Walking with your crying baby will induce calm and promote sleep better than merely sitting and holding the child.   Japanese social scientists report this conclusion after studying the responses of 21 infants as their moms tried to calm them and induce their sleep by either walking them, sitting with them, or placing them in a crib with or without rocki...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7SQvxkPnuZM   You’ve no doubt heard that pomegranates are chock full of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and those cancer-killing antioxidants.   A Scottish study now adds appetite-suppression to the pomegranate’s beneficial powers.   Twenty-eight subjects with a mean age of 35 years were randomized to receive a 3 week priming course of pomegranate extract or a placebo. On...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/mlNLAfkg9yQ About 7.3% of all Americans are   suffering from Long CoVid.   This according to a City University of New York-Cornell Medical population-representative study of 2,042 US adults.   A full one-quarter of those who confirmed that they have Long CoVid report the disease is having a significant negative impact on their day-to-day activities and work.   Long Co...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/zHa_PchIJ7s   Those over age 65 have a 69% higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s dementia by one year after a CoVid infection of any severity.   This the conclusion of a Case Western Reserve retrospective cohort study of more than 6.2 million older adults.   The relative risk of an Alzheimer’s diagnosis rises with age from 59% for those 65 to 74 to 69% for those 75 to...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/0yFhcPGxbJQ   Over the past decade, the numbers of melatonin poisonings in children and adolescents have soared more than 5-fold.   As of 2020, melatonin was the most frequently ingested substance by children.     These are just 2 of the startling findings by a CDC study that reviewed cases between 2012 and 2021.   Also during the same time span, 4,000 children requir...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/fVqQK_LKH1g   If you experience nightmares during middle age, you are about 4 times more likely to develop dementia as you age.   Neurologic researchers from Britain’s University of Birmingham studied 605 adults aged 44 to 57 years who were followed up for as long as 13 years with cognitive testing.   The analysis also showed that this tendency toward dementia was mor...