Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/wmzHKoLB5wQ   The FDA and Smilin’ Bob’s are recalling Smilin’ Bob’s Original Smoked Fish Dip and Smilin’ Bob’s All Natural Smoked Fish Dip.   This product contains Banner’s Smoked fish that has been recalled due to contamination with listeria monocytogenes .   This bacterium causes a serious and possibly life threatening infection in the very young, elders, and those...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Zdsrqwq6zNg   The FDA and Beech-Nut are recalling Beech-Nut Stage 1, Single Grain Rice Cereal.   A routine sampling program finds that the product contains inorganic arsenic at levels above those that are considered safe.   Exposure to even low levels of arsenic can be a health hazard to developing children.   Due to Beech-Nut’s concern about the purity of obtainable...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/WjOqusHNXZY   The FDA and Tulkoff Food Products are recalling T ulkoff Kimchi Aioli.   This product has undisclosed wheat and soy allergens. Those with wheat or soy allergies could develop a severe or life-threatening allergic reaction after ingesting this product.   Tulkoff Kimchi Aioli was distributed and sold in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New J...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Zm3Fs3ZkBkI   The CPSC and CamelBak now recall CamelBak Podium and Peak Fitness water bottles.   The small silicone valve in the caps of these bottles may detach and cause a choking hazard.   About 46,000 were sold in the US and about 13,000 were sold in Canada at sporting goods stores and online at camelbak.com.   Stop using these bottles and their caps and contact C...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/fsObsPqRoYw   The CPSC and Klein Tools have recalled Klein Tools Non-Contact Voltage Tester Model NCVT-1.   The on-off button is defective, and the tester may not warn the user of a live circuit leading to an electric shock and its consequences.   About 1,690,000 were sold in the US and about 67,800 were sold in Canada at Home Depot stores and industrial distributors,...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/GOuTzuuQcwQ   The CPSC and blue Star Trading are recalling Children’s Barhee Fishing Hero Toy Games.   The flying dinosaur figures have metal rollers that contain excessive lead.   Lead accumulation may cause neurological damage.   About 300 of these toy games were sold online at amazon.com.   Take this toy set and its components away from children. Contact Blue Star...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Rgb9Jw1sBkU   The CPSC and Cove Appliance no recall Cove Appliance 24-inch built-in dishwashers.   The electrically heated drying element fails to properly shut off and can overheat creating fire and   burn hazards.   About 42,000 of these appliances were sold nationwide.   Immediately stop using these recalled dishwashers, unplug them, and contact Cove Appliance by p...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/8-RLdblw73k   The CPSC and BRP are recalling 2021 Can-Am Outlander and Renegade ATVs, All Terrain Vehicles.   A defect in the steering mechanism, a detachment of the steering knuckle from the lower arm, can cause the driver to loose control of the vehicle leading to a crash hazard with injuries.   About 3600 of these ATVs were sold.   Immediately stop driving these ve...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/VfshlLjMHrE   The FDA and Sung Hong recall Sun Hong Seafood Mushrooms.   These mushrooms are contaminated with listeria monocyogenes.   This bacterium can cause serious or fatal infections in the young, elders, or those who are immunocompromised.   Listeria may trigger miscarriages or stillbirths.   This product was sold in CA, TX, WA, IL, and FL.   Do not consume the...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1uAUlCVTmFA   The FDA and Olde Thompson LLC now recall Olde Thompson and Sun Harvest Organic Ground Coriander.   These products are contaminated with salmonella.   This bacterium causes a serious and life-threatening gastrenteritis.   If you have these products, return them to the point of purchase.   For more information, contact Olde Thompson at 1-805-793-4888.   ht...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1aJTM5_FIkg   The FDA and Banner Smoked Fish Inc. are recalling Banner and other brands of smoked fish, salads, pickled fish, and cream sauce products.   These items are contaminated with listeria monocyogenes .   This bacterium can cause serious or fatal infections in the young, elders, or those who are immunocompromised.   Listeria may trigger miscarriages or stillb...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/9X9GbsgKfsU   The CPSC and Kalorik announce the recall of Kalorik Pro 1500F Electric Steakhouse Grills.   Defective electroplated grill knobs create an electric shock hazard after the grill has completed preheating.   About 3,525 of these girls were sold in the US.   Stop using this grill and contact Kaloric at 1-844-847-4556 or via email at recall@kalorik.com to rece...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/_ydWV0beTCs   The CPSC and Fisher Price are recalling the Fisher-Price 4-in-1 Rock ’n Glide Soother.   Infants placed in this device unrestrained may turn over onto their stomachs and suffocate.   About 120,000 of the 4 in 1 units were sold and 55,000 of the 2 in 1 units were sold at stores nationwide and online via Walmart, Target, and Amazon.   Immediately stop usin...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/eimWMqvdxks   Going to sleep one hour earlier can reduce the risk of major depression by 23%.   So say investigators at Harvard and the University of Colorado at Boulder following their study of nearly 850,000 persons.   The data shows that a propensity to falling asleep at an earlier time was associated with a reduced risk of major depressive illness.   The average b...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/OVhnRPT-mAI   An experimental CoVid vaccine based on the the B.1.351 South African variant appears to induce protective neutralizing antibodies against all principal CoVid variants and the original strain.   Chinese investigators studied this novel vaccine in a mouse model.   The B.1.351 spike protein contains 3 of the principals mutations found in CoVid variants of c...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/s6TXMBwzLyU   Bunking with a pet appears not to disrupt a healthy night’s sleep.   Canadian pediatric sleep researchers studied 188 kids 11 to 17 years of age with data culled from standardized sleep questionnaires, a formal home sleep study, and two weeks of electronic nighttime monitoring.   Of the total, 34.6% of children slept with their pets frequently or sometim...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/rV8GGA-o26E   Children and adolescents of any age who contract CoVid are as likely as infected adults to spread the virus and its variants to others.   Researchers at Harvard and MIT studied 97 children with a median age of 10 and an age ranging from 2 weeks to 22 years.   CoVid positivity and viral loads were determined by PCR testing.   As with adults, the children...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7qhJMVpyav   Adding a second dose of the Pfizer mRNA CoVid vaccine yields better and more uniformly protective viral neutralization antibodies.   Portuguese investigators studied the responses of 1245 health care workers and 146 nursing home residents ranging in age from 19 to 99 years.   After the first dose, 98.6% of younger recipients 19-29 years developed antibodi...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/lqDzwBXKfb4   An implantable chip is 6 times better than external cardiac monitoring for detecting bouts of atrial fibrillation that could trigger a devastating stroke.   Cardiologists at Harvard’s Mass General Hospital and Northwestern University draw this conclusion from their study of 492 patients who suffered a first stroke with no identifiable cause.     Half the...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/cAmUQlHW8kE Today’s medical discoveries that point to future therapy. Elephants May Help Us PREVENT Cancer Making Plant-based Meats Healthier Genetically Enhanced Heart Attack Therapy Smart Device Monitoring Of Your Psyche Antibiotics Could Treat Cancer   Elephants are one-third as likely to die from cancer even though they have 100 times as many potentially cancerous c...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/V0cOYpNRyZQ   Eating yogurt twice a week lowers a man’s risk of developing adenomatous, cancer-producing polyps by 26%.   Researchers studied colonoscopy data from over 88,000 participants in the continuing Health Professionals and Nurses Health Studies.   Sadly, the data did not show any beneficial association between yogurt consumption and polyps in women.   The inv...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/VPOkjMpecZc   Imagine that you’re waiting for a biopsy report, a job offer, a college or grad school acceptance, or a colonoscopy.   You’re on pins and needles anxious. Just how do you cope?   A new study from UC-Riverside gives you a novel strategy: watching an awe-inducing or heart-tugging movie.   The researchers studied a total of 729 subjects all stressed awaitin...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/55poyxu_SAc   Premature infants who listen to music enjoy enhanced neural development.   Swiss neuroscientists at the University of Geneva report the positive effects of specially composed and performed music on developing neural networks of premies.   The musical selections varied with time of day and were designed to lend an auditory structure to the infant’s first...

Fainting While Pregnant Signals Impending Complications - Reprise Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/TqkKrrK7FJA   Urban legend has it that fainting while pregnant is no big deal.   A study just published by Canadian cardiologists and epidemiologists finds that fainting, the common term for syncope, while pregnant is a bad prognostic sign for both the mother and her developing baby.   The researchers stu...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/dZ_q5BJtlzQ Women who use assisted reproduction techniques including in-vitro fertilization and intracystoplasmic sperm injection are 5 times more likely to suffer pregnancy-associated heart failure.   This conclusion comes from a study at Germany’s Hannover Medical School presented last week to the European Society of Cardiology.   This pregnancy-associated heart failu...