Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/FzZiIRHfOL0   The FDA and Irvington Seafood are recalling various forms of their crabmeat including Jumbo, Lump, Finger, and Claw.   This seafood is contaminated with listeria monocytogenes.   This bacterium causes serious and sometimes fatal infections in the very young, elders, and in those with weakened immune systems.   This seafood was sold in Alabama, Georgia, L...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ETQygOJTpM0   The CPSC and Communicorp now recall 6” Aflac Toy Ducks.   These promotional items contain toxic levels of phthalates and lead.   About 600,000 of these ducks were distributed to Aflac staff members and licensed agents.   There are 8 different models of duck including Accident Duck, Business Duck, Fishing Duck, Police Duck, PGA Duck, One Day Pay Duck, Hei...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ZZIy-fc-YME   The CPSC and Target are recalling Cat & Jack Unicorn Cozy Pajama Sets.   These garments fail to meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear and create risks of burns.   About 120,000 pj sets were sold at Target stores nationwide and Target.com.   Stop allowing your children to sleep in these pjs and return them to any Target store for a...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/_bSGa7TkM8A   The CPSC and Electrolux are recalling Frigidaire and Electrolux Side-by-Side, Top Freezer and Multi-door refrigerators.   The ice maker’s automatic shutoff arm may fracture into pieces and fall into the ice bucket as foreign bodies that create choking and laceration hazards.   About 367,500 of these refrigerators were sold in the Us and 7,180 were sold i...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/g7GPO0vDlow   The CPSC and Demdaco are recalling Demdaco Microwavable Bowl Holders.   These cotton and linen bowl holders in 27 designs will ignite and burn if left in the microwave for 3 minutes as suggested in the product instructions.   About 56,000 units were sold in the US and 369 were sold in Canada at gift shops, hardware stores, florists, drug stores and pharm...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/F2ICLSoA8ck   The CPSC and Joey Clothing Inc. are recalling Leveret Children’s Robes.   These garments fail to meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear and create risks of burns.   About 15,930 of these robes were sold in the Us and 16 were sold in Canada at amazon.com, leveret.com, nordstromrack.com and zulily.com.   Stop allowing your children to...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/eb0UsN3I8zU   The CPSC and Asweets are recalling Wonder & Wise Baby Activity Walkers.   The rubber rings on the walker’s rear wheel may detach and create a strangulation hazard for infants and toddlers.   About 13,000 of these walkers were sold at   Albee Baby, Bloomingdales, Crate & Barrel, Nordstrom, The Tot and children’s boutiques nationwide, and online at cratean...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/4OijUAAL_BA   The CPSC and Backcountry Access now recall Backcountry Access Tracker4 Avalanche Transceivers.   The toggle switch that permits the unit to search easily separates from the transceiver preventing the unit from locating a skier in an avalanche.   About 9,000 units were sold in the US and about 450 were sold in Canada at   REI, Evo, Cripple Creek Backcount...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-Yw1UYtJ2E8   Here is some notable healthcare-related business news for this 1st week of June, 2022   The Mayo Clinic has launched its OB Nest Program that moves at least half of a low-risk pregnant woman’s prenatal visits out of the medical offices into her home or “nest.”   Pregnancy is treated as a natural process rather than a disease.   Even so, women and their p...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/V4K0AKnztjM   Here are the quickie reports about cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries this 1st week of June, 2022.   A new Swiss perfusion technique keeps donor livers alive and well for up to 3 days while they await transplantation into recipients.   In the past, the liver would only tolerate a 12 hour maximum residence outside the human body.   The addition...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/XVzwyLbLfiQ   Exploding cigars are an old prank, but e-cigarette explosions aren’t funny and can be devastating to an increasing number of teens.   University of Utah surgeons combed the case records for 9 children’s hospitals looking for e-cigarette-related injuries during the years 2016 through 2019.   A total of 15 children 13 to 18 years were injured.   Ten requir...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/rzwFSA0Q4D8   Persons who experience a CoVid relapse after taking a 5 day course of the Pfizer protease cocktail Paxlovid all carry high viral loads for 9 to 16 days after beginning the drug.   Researchers at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s and Mass. General Hospitals followed 7 participants who redeveloped CoVid after apparently successful Paxlovid therapy.   All 7 par...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ZvRgZ8D8K1c   Women who elect to freeze their eggs in their 20s or early 30s are more than twice as likely to later become pregnant and more than 3.5 times more likely to deliver a baby when compared with women who use IVF techniques.   NYU gynecologists studied 543 patients who froze their eggs and compared their pregnancy success with controls who began using IVF at...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/HNGIVFcO8-U   Morning exercise is best for women and evening exercise works best for men.   These the conclusions of collaborative studies by exercise physiologists at New York’s Skidmore College, the Arizona State University, and the California State University.   The researchers analyzed 30 women and 20 men in their early to mid-forties over a 12 week period.   The...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/VQj4zPuGqdY   We’ve talked about a twindemic this spring of both CoVid and Influenza, but now we have monkeypox threatening to make it a tridemic.   So what should you know about monkeypox?   Monkeypox is an orthopoxvirus, a cousin of the smallpox virus, that was first identified in 1958 in a colony of African monkeys.   The first human case was noted in 1970, again in...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/5u_A8o2SFNo   We’re all so busy coping with the seemingly endless waves of CoVid that another burst of infectious disease has escaped the public’s notice.   It’s the good ol’ flu.   Yes the influenza season, normally spanning November through March, has developed a new pattern this year.   Instead of peaking in January or February, there was a peak in December but yet...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/aWCHeB4ku-I   The FDA and the Euphoria Chocolate Company are recalling Peanut Butter Classic Truffles, Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways, and Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Meltaways.   These products have Jif peanut butter that is contaminated with salmonella that causes nasty infections in the young, old, and immune compromised.   These products were sold in Oreg...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/MC8C_GCrFsw   The FDA and the Bix Product Company are recalling their Egg and Cheese Curds Snack and Power Boxes branded as either Jack & Olive or Created Fresh!   These products are contaminated with salmonella since they contain Jif Peanut Butter.   This bacterium causes severe and life-threatening gastrointestinal and systemic infections in the very young, elders,...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/bJIu3lznHnk   The FDA and Indiana Botanic Gardens Inc. have recalled Botanic Choice Prune & Senna Softgels.   This product contains undeclared peanuts.   Those with peanut allergies could develop serious or life-threatening allergic reactions after ingesting these soft gels.   If you bought a bottle of these laxative soft gels, return them to the place of purchase for...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/lSlA7kr8CSI   The FDA and the Albanese Confectionery Group, Inc. have recalled Rich’s Peanut Butter Cups including Rich’s Milk Chocolate Mini Peanut Butter Cups and Rich’s Milk Chocolate Giant Layered Peanut Butter Cups.   These candies are made with with Jif salmonella-containing peanut butter. If eaten, it can trigger severe and life-threatening gastrointestinal and...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/0b8Fd5YeXF0   The FDA and the Henkel Corporation have recalled Alterna Caviar Bond Leave-in-Heat Protection Spray.   This hair care product designed to help repair damaged hair is contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia complex.   This bacterium is not a threat to healthy humans but can cause serious infections in those with weakened immune systems, chronic lung diseas...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/oPnrrqBtNqI   The FDA and AG Specialty Foods have recalled a group of perishable products contaminated with Jif salmonella-containing peanut butter. These include: “The Goods” Snack Pack, We Be PB & Jammin’ Snack Box, Peanut Butter Strawberry Jam Old Fashioned White Bread, and Peanut Butter Strawberry Jam White Bread containing the Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, Jif Creamy...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/mrEdrCGSWG4   The FDA and Safeway Fresh Foods also known as Sunnyside Fresh now recall Quick Chek branded Apple and Peanut Butter Snack trays sold in New Jersey.   These products contain Jif peanut butter that is contaminated with salmonella .   This bacterium causes severe and life-threatening gastrointestinal and systemic infections in the very young, elders, and in...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/QYuVxJomFMs   The FDA and Giant Eagle have recalled ALL bakery items that contain peanut butter and were prepared and sold in each of 3 Pennsylvania markets in Ebensburg, Indiana and Northern Cambria.   These items have Jif peanut butter in them that is contaminated with salmonella.   This bacterium causes severe and life-threatening gastrointestinal and systemic infe...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/pdbw-2IjLvU   The FDA and Taylor Farms Retail have recalled Trader Joes’s Lemony Arugula Basil Salad Kit.   This product contains undeclared wheat and eggs.   Those with egg or wheat allergies or those with gluten issues or celiac disease could develop severe or life-threatening allergic reactions should they ingest this product.   The recalled product has a best if u...