Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/FsMAasSuz5o   If you’re a woman worried about post-menopausal bone loss, you may just want to stock up on boxes of prunes.   Penn State nutritionists now publish a meta-analysis of clinical and laboratory studies that demonstrate and explain the bone-sparing powers of the lowly prune.   Sixteen pre-clinical studies in rodents demonstrate that prunes and the polyphenol...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/rr4hxBeyJj0   The highly contagious OmicronBA2 subvariant that is taking over everywhere has lead to a surge of hospitalizations in Great Britain that is more than 3 times greater than that seen with the original CoVid strain, higher than that due to the British alpha CoVid variant pre-vaccine, and more than twice as high as that with Delta in the CoVid vaccine era.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/6vv46n7lbPg   Those who wear eyeglasses have a 15% lower odds of becoming infected with CoVid.   This from a study by infectious disease researchers at University College London that surveyed some 19,166 persons between June, 2020 and February, 2022.   A few more than 71% regularly wore corrective lenses.   Information regarding CoVid infection was assembled from nati...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ZAX16cgT4Mg   The FDA and Liberty Fruit Co. Inc. have recalled Carol’s Cuts Fruit Trays Containing Cantaloupe.   These fruit trays are contaminated with salmonella.   This bacterium causes serious and life-threatening infections particularly in the very young, elders, and in those with impair immunity.   These products were sold in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/rUAAdx9JP3g   The FDA and Skippy Foods, LLC now recall Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy and Chunky Peanut Butters.   Some jars may contain a small fragment of stainless steel from a piece of processing equipment.   These foreign bodies, if ingested, could create lacerations and perforations of the mouth, throat, and gastrointestinal tract linings.   If you have these product...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/5t1OJUYn3F4   The FDA and Unilevel US are recalling Suave Aerosol Antiperspirants, both Fresh and Powder.   These products have propellants contaminated with elevated levels of benzene.   Benzene is known to be a human carcinogen.   This product line was discontinued in October 2021, but consumers have still have product on their shelves.   If you do, discontinue use...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/v9D-wSMclb8   The FDA and Giant Eagle have recalled Giant Eagle Happy Faced Cookies sold at 2 Giant Eagle bakeries in Geneva and Ashtabula Ohio.   These likely contain undeclared milk allergens.   Those with a milk allergy could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction to these cookies.   If you bought happy face cookies at either of these locations, re...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/fanq1AEgKdw   The FDA and   Pink Toyz are recalling Pink Toyz Pink Pussycat Capsules 3000 mg.   These over-the-counter love enhancement capsules are contaminated with the phosphodiesterase sildenafil rendering it an unapproved drug with unknown safety or efficacy. This prescription drug may interfere with nitrate containing drugs such as nitroglycerin causing a danger...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/QWyLA6rgXyw   The FDA and Best Brands Consumer Products, Inc. are recalling Mickey Mouse and The Mandalorian Hand Sanitizers - Ethyl Alcohol 68%.   The Mickey Mouse sanitizer lot # 20D21 is contaminated with methanol and the Mandalorian sanitizer lot numbers 20E21 is contaminated with benzene.   The methanol is a neurotoxin and the benzene is a carcinogen.   If you ha...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/hHVOojpQvFA   The FDA and B&G Foods announce a recall on Back to Nature Cheddalicious   Cheese Flavored Crackers.   A number of the cracker boxes were inadvertently filled with animal-shaped crackers that contain egg and milk and these allergens that are not declared on the box labels.   Those with egg or milk allergies could develop serious or life-threatening allerg...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/QuMQnajEmVw   The CPSC and Maped Helix USA are recalling Helix Metal Lockable Drug Chests.   The locking mechanism of this product may fail permitting unauthorized access to the contents with a risk of poisoning particularly for children.   About 7700 of these chests were sold at Educators Resource and Court Street Office Supplies stores nationwide and online at www.a...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/FipAX6FHqHY   The CPSC and Universal Security Instruments are recalling the USI 2-in-1 Photoelectric Smoke & Fire + Carbon Monoxide Alarms.   These alarms may fail to alert your household or office that a hazardous level of carbon monoxide has been detected risking carbon monoxide poisoning or death.   About 8,000 of these dual alarms have been sold by electrical dist...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Xz1wqbmZFWI   The CPSC and Soundbox now recall SOUNDBOKS (Gen. 3) Bluetooth Speakers with Lithium-Ion Batteries.   The lithium ion battery in these speakers may overheat and create a burn and fire hazard.   About 6700 of these speakers were sold online at SOUNDBOKS.com, Amazon.com, and DJ Tech Tools.com.   Immediately stop using these speakers, remove the Batteryboks...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/WBpQwkMhwsg   The CPSC and Playmonster are recalling Kid O Hudson Glow Rattles.   The legs on these rattles may break off and create a choking and asphyxiation hazard for young children.   About 8900 of these rattles were sold in the US and about 200 were sold in Canada at specialty stores and online at amazon.com, walmart.com, playmonster.com, and zulily.com.   Take...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/cNvg0v8TKdo   The FDA and Wilton Industries Inc. are recalling Wilton Ready to Build Chocolate Cookie Bunny Hutch Kits.   These kits have a “Contains” statement that fails to mention milk as required by law.   But wait…. The ingredient list on the package does list “skim milk powder” so this recall only amounts to some regulatory nitpicking.   These kits are an Easter...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/FPp7_fIgT4c   The FDA and SunTree Snack Foods now recall Good & Gather Dried Sweetened Strawberries.   This product contains undeclared sulfites, and those with sulfite allergies may develop severe or life-threatening allergic reactions after consuming this product.   The involved lots are 88514 and 86061.   Those sensitive to sulfites should not consume this product...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/VFUN_8Lx09o   The FDA, the NY State Agriculture Department, and A&C Best Food Trading Inc. are recalling A&C Best Food Trading Dried Wife Plum and Licorice Flavor Olive.   These products contains undeclared and high levels of sulfites, and, in the case of the plums, an unapproved food dye E123.   Those with sulfite allergies may develop severe or life-threatening alle...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/g5yqBzaLFqg   The CPSC and Sakar are recalling Dimensions Bluetooth Speaker Helmets.   These bike helmets fail to meet federal safety standards for bicycle helmets and create a head injury risk in the event of a crash or fall.   About 89,000 helmets were sold in the US and 272 were sold in Canada at Walmart stores and online at walmart.com.   Stop using these helmets...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/LnEpFIv9z8k   The CPSC and Segway are recalling Ninebot Children’s Bicycle Helmets.   These helmets do not comply with federal bike helmet positional stability and retention system requirements and fail to protect a child’s head during a crash.   About 960 of these helmets were sold at Best Buy and other retailers and online at Segway.com and Amazon.com.   Stop using...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ZxqX_ankK80   The CPSC and EGL Motors have recalled EGL and ACE-branded Youth All-Terrain Vehicles.   These ATVs do not comply with federal safety standards for children: the B125 models can exceed maximal safe speeds; the Madix 110 models have weak parking brakes; and all models have dangerous handlebars that create laceration and possibly deadly injury hazards shoul...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ktohxp3nfBc   The CPSC and Commencal now recall Commencal Ramones 14-Inch Bicycles.   These bikes are equipped with only handbrakes while federal regulations require that any children’s bicycles of 25 inch or lower height be equipped with both footbrakes and handbrakes.   Kids may not have sufficient strength to stop the bike with the handbrakes alone leading to crash...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Nfsh2b3JvSw   The CPSC and tonies are recalling tonies wooden blocks with internal   magnets.   If accidentally swallowed, two of the magnetic blocks could attract to one another leading to intestinal perforations, obstruction, twisting, infection, and possible death.   About 4200 of these blocks were sold online at ponies.com.   Immediately take these blocks away fro...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/U17wLGctSQE   Short Shorts are cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries not quite ready for the clinic.   They’re worth knowing about now during the 5th week of March, 2022.   Alpacas produce unique antibody fragments known as nanobodies that capably neutralize a wider variety of CoVid variants than the antibodies triggered by our current vaccines.   Microbiolo...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/IbK5Zir0XuE   Verapamil, prescribed as the generic and the branded drugs Calan, Isoptin,and Verelan, reduces a diabetic’s daily need for insulin by diminishing the autoimmunity that damages insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells.   Endocrinologists at the University of Alabama-Birmingham had conducted a small phase 2 study of verapamil in type 1 diabetics and found...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ehgO02UzQL8   Those CoVid-infected patients with blood group O were more than 4 times more likely than non-Group O patients to develop symptoms of long CoVid.   Spanish investigators report this finding after analyzing 121 subjects who suffered mild CoVid infections.   Of the total, 36 had developed post-CoVid syndrome.   The study period covered April to September, 2...