Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/adpqpdelZ_o   The FDA and Conagra Brands, Inc. are recalling Birds Eye Broccoli Tots.   Packages of this product contain small rocks and metal fragments.   The contaminated batches have best buy dates of 8/11/22, 8/12/22, 8/19/22, 8/25/22, 11/10/22, and 11/17/22.   If you bought one of these packages, return it to the point of purchase for a refund.   For more informa...

Impex Olympic Dumbbell Handles on Recall Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/vYBzIQT-KVU   The CPSC and Impex Fitness are recalling Impex Olympic Dumbbell Handles.   The locking collars on these dumbbell handles may slip leading to dropped weights if the dumbbell is held perpendicular to the floor and this creates an injury hazard to the user or bystanders.   About 77,200 of these dumbbell handles were so...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/YdhbISztvJE   When vaccinated persons develop a case of breakthrough CoVid they have a 59% higher risk of developing at least one manifestation of long CoVid, usually lung disease, compared with individuals who never developed a CoVid infection.   Worse still, those with breakthrough CoVid have a 53% higher risk of unexpected death compared with the uninfected.   Acco...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7jNYQZuoijs   Persons simultaneously receiving CoVid boosters with the Moderna mRNA vaccine and the high dose quadrivalent influenza vaccine developed the same robust immune responses to the vaccines as those receiving only one vaccine at a time and showed no evidence of increased adverse reactions to the piggy-backed vaccinations.   This the data from an ongoing Phas...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/06uzDxH7z6U   Hospitalized CoVid patients are 28% less likely to die of the disease if they are taking fluoxetine, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, SSRI, best known as Prozac and prescribed for clinical depression.   A study from UC-San Francisco analyzed the data from 83,584 patients diagnosed with CoVid of whom 3,401 were on an SSRI.   The researchers com...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/05Otlnb0Uss   Boosting 100,000 older Americans with the Pfizer vaccine will cost $3.4 million but save twice that amount in ultimate medical costs over a 6 month period. Researchers in China and at New York’s Mt. Sinai Medical School developed a computer model to assess the cost-effectiveness of boosting the CoVid immunity 6 months following the second dose of the Pfi...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/yybyuta-738   Repeated shots of Regeneron’s antibody cocktail REGEN-COV reduced the risk of a CoVid infection by 92.4% for unvaccinated persons.   Regeneron-sponsored doubled-blinded, placebo controlled trials in Texas and Ohio studied 969 uninfected and unvaccinated subjects receiving 6 monthly shots of antibody compared with a control group of 240 subjects receiving...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7jhOt9TyQXs   CoVid patients who received even one dose of an FDA-approved CoVid vaccine within a month of their CoVid diagnosis are more than 5 times less likely than an unvaccinated person to develop multiple symptoms of the dreaded long CoVid.   Researchers at the Massachusetts health think tanks Arcadia and MITRE studied 1,065,626 CoVid patients.   Analysis of the...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/gV9UXQwKvkw   If you can’t seem to please your boss, the problem, dear Brutus, is not in your stars but in your commute.   A just published Dartmouth study tracked 275 information technology workers using their smartphones and wearables to quantify the characteristics of their commutes and their bodily reactions to them.   Their HR records served to determine their wo...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/3GA51tTaZ5w   When infection occurs post-operatively, a timely selfie of the operative incision is nearly 4 times more likely to prevent a delayed diagnosis.   University of Edinburgh surgeons proved this point with the study of 233 surgical patients following their operations.   Each patient was contacted on days 3, 7, and 15 post-operatively, questioned about how th...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/CEyPIeppXU8   Ever more frequent heat waves promise deadly heart strain and an epidemic of heart failure.   These warnings come from a   Montreal Heart Institute review of the consequences of extreme heat events.   Even beyond heat stroke with its dangerously high body temperatures, confusion, nausea and vomiting, environmental temperatures in the 100’s put a dangerou...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/m6WrN3AXJGc   The FDA and the Spice ’n More Corporation are now recalling additional Salma and Casablanca Curry products including Salma Natural Curry Powder, Salma Natural Jamaican Curry Powder, Casablanca Natural Spices Curry Powder, and Casablanca Natural Spices Curry Jamaican.   These products contain undeclared peanuts.   If eaten by those with a peanut allergy,...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/cb13UoFD-h4   The FDA and Odor Eaters now recall all Odor Eaters spray products.   Multiple lots of Odor Eaters spray powder and Stink Stoppers spray contain dangerous amounts of the solvent benzene.   Benzene is a human carcinogen and may cause leukemia, bone marrow cancers, and other blood disorders if inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin.   If you bough...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/tcdBVvjVvfI   The FDA and Mountain Meadow Herbs are recalling Mountain Meadow Herbs brand Candida Flush, Lot# 0120011Q.   Bottles from this lot have become pressurized, and, when opened, may explode spewing air and portions of capsules and their powder contents.   This product was sold in Product was sold directly to consumers in Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/GaehbizpQ9A   The FDA and Cargil are recalling Wilbur Dark Chocolate Triple Covered Malted Milk Balls.   This candy contains undeclared peanuts.   If eaten by those with a peanut allergy, these malted milk balls may trigger a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction.   About 469 one pound bags of this candy were sold at the Wilbur Chocolate Store in Lititz, PA an...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/YGVd90LQoxw   The FDA and American Screening are recalling American Screening Hand Sanitizer.   This topical product is packaged in 8 ounce bottles at resemble water bottles that create a risk for oral consumption of the 70% alcohol gel with poisoning.   Ingesting this ethyl alcohol will trigger sometime fatal neurologic toxicity with loss of coordination, slurred spe...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/qzpyYDuoYso   The CPSC and American Honda are recalling American Honda Pioneer and Talon Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles.   These vehicles have defective steering assemblies causing the driver to lose control with crash and injury hazards.   About 1400 of these ROVs were sold in the US at authorized Honda Powersports dealers nationwide.   Those who own these vehicle...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/QKlRMN_JsaI   The CPSC and the Goodman Manufacturing Company are recalling the evaporator coil drain pans that are installed on residential condensing gas furnaces in an up-flow configuration.   The molded plastic drain pan, located at the bottom of the evaporator coil, can overheat, melt, and create a fire hazard.   Evaporator drain pans with serial numbers with pref...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/drKnar_ctcM   The CPSC and Amazon are recalling AmazonBasics Memory Foam Mattresses.   These mattresses fail to meet federal flammability standards and create a risk for fires and burns.   About 15,300 of the mattresses were sold online at amazon.com.   If you bought one of these mattresses and haven’t yet been contacted directly by Amazon, contact the company by phon...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/oQtCh55ybvg   The FDA and Real Greek Yogurt are recalling Ellenos Mango Greek Yogurt.   This product contains undeclared egg.   Those with an egg allergy could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction should they ingested this yogurt.   It turns out that Mango yogurt cups were mistakenly filled with pumpkin yogurt.   This product was sold in Oregon and...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/i_aqcuJQpi4   The FDA and Nutracap Holdings LLC are recalling variously branded dietary supplements due to undeclared milk,   The brands include: AIOS Synergy, Alpha, Alpha Mind Labs, Apex Nutrition, Ariel, Battleborn Nutrition, Better, Black Magic, BlakeFit, Boba Origin, Cashmere Care, Chemix, Cognito Naturals, Creed Wellness, DH Nutra, DHG NutraZone, DRVN Nutraceuti...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/HWAql8CEd8E   The FDA and ILG International Trading Inc. have recalled Natural Delight Collection Dried Apricots with a Best Buy Date of 3/30/2022.   This product contains undeclared sulfites.   Those allergic to sulfite could develop serious or life-threatening reactions if they ingest this product.   Do not consume these apricots but return the package to the place...

  Vid: https://youtu.be/pjvGqsCXnG0 The FDA and the Oregon Lox Company are recalling salmon lox branded as Aqua Nova, North Coast, and Tony’s.   These products are contaminated with listeria monocytogenes that can trigger severe or life-threatening infections in the young, elders, an in those with weakened immune systems.   The affected lox was sold in Alaska, California, Oregon, and Washington St...

  Vid: https://youtu.be/hNL4XWKBC50   The FDA, Alsum Farms & Produce Inc., and Potandon have recalled Whole Yellow, White, and Red Onions sold as Alsum and Green Giant Fresh.   This produce is contaminated with salmonella that may cause serious and life-threatening gastrointestinal and systemic infections especially in the very young, elders, and those with immunosuppression.   The affected onions...

  Vid: https://youtu.be/3QbCxcjhgSA   The FDA and the Spice ’n More Corporation are recalling Salma Natural Curry Powder, lot #H092021 with a Best Buy date of 12/20/2021.   This product contains undeclared peanuts.   Anyone with a peanut allergy ingesting this curry powder could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction.   If you bought this curry powder, return it to the place of pu...