Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/m7jdzPxXCOY   The CPSC and Black Diamond now recall PIEPS DSP Pro, DSP Pro Ice, and DSP Sport Avalanche Transceivers.   This transceiver can switch modes when not locked or installed in the harness preventing it from transmitting a signal and making it difficult to locate a skier in an avalanche.   That can result in severe illness or death.   About 66,100 were sold i...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/MbPLfoKZbZE   The CPSC and Geo Essential now recall GEO Wintergreen Organic Essential Oil and GEO Alleviate Organic Essential Oil Blend.   These products contain methylsalicylate that is dangerous for children and must be sold in child-resistant packaging.   This product’s packaging is not.   Immediately stop use of this product and dispose of it.   You can also retur...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/6LOq0k6CHJE   The CPSC and Verizon now recall Ellipsis Jetpack Mobile Hotspots.   Their lithium batteries may overheat creating fire and burn hazards.   About 2.5 million were sold via Verizon stores nationwide and on Verizon.com.   If you can do without the internet access the hotspot provides, power it off and store it in a ventilated location away from combustibles...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/q-EmfkJ2plw   Barring US teens 14 to 17 years of age from using indoor tanning facilities would prevent more than 18,401 melanoma cases and save $205 million healthcare dollars.   This from a microsimulation study just published in the journal Cancer.   Banning tanning bed use for the 17.1 million US minors would prevent 15,101 primary melanoma cases and 3,299 potenti...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/heUksUkWdqw   The strains of holding down a job and maintaining social relationships increases a woman’s risk of developing heart disease by 21%.   Public health scientists at Philadelphia’s Drexel University report this and other conclusions following their study of 80,825 postmenopausal women over nearly a quarter century.   Relationship stress including a spousal d...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/LPhvY3s9wJM   Delivering the second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer mRNA vaccines after 3, 4, or 6 months rather than after only 3-4 weeks is a winning public health strategy.   Epidemiologists at Canada’s University of Toronto draw these conclusion from an age-stratified mathematical model.   Second dose delays reduce symptomatic cases by up to 19%, hospitalizations by...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7bsKp6g7-nE   Data from the earliest victims of CoVid, infected more than a year ago in Wuhan, now show durable protective immunity against this dread virus for 12 months or more.   The longitudinal study of 1782 blood samples from 869 CoVid-surviving donors now appears online via the pre-publication server biorixiv.org.   Protective anti-CoVid antibody levels were pres...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Cy37zQuJfpA   A designer vaccine that presents mutated forms of Covid spike proteins to the immune system on nanoparticles induces powerful antibodies to the 3 current variants, the British B.1.1.7, the South African B.1.351, and the Brazilian P.1.   Immunologists at San Diego’s Scripps Institute now report this achievement as a promising solution to our current CoVid...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/a59K_yqb1ZU   Exercising during your off-hours can reduce your chances of death by as much as 40%.   Ironically, though, high physical exertion at work actually increases your death risk by 27%.   Danish researchers present these conclusions after studying the mortality data from a cohort of 104,046 Danes and tabulating it with self-reported physical activity during l...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Wd06crfQLUM New treatments for Alzheimer’s, sickle cell disease, concussions, organ replacement, wound healing, and color blindness.   All this on   Medicine of the Future.   My reports typically cover research discoveries that you can use here and now.   This new feature, Medicine Of The Future, gives you an inkling of what’s to come in future medical and surgical ther...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/bBtAEoEUjYY   The FDA and Glutenull Bakery recall Glutenull Goji Berries and Chocolate Cookies.   These cookies contain undeclared milk.   Those with a milk allergy may develop a severe or life-threatening allergic reaction after ingesting these cookies.   If you bought these cookies, return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. If you have questions contac...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/8GhENG8rW9Y   The CPSC and RH are recalling RH Animal, Heathered Plush and Luxe Sherpa Children’s Bath Wraps.   These bath wraps fail to meet flammability standards for children’s sleepwear and pose a risk of burn injuries to children.   About 55,700 were sold in the US and about 3,900 units were sold in Canada through RH Baby & Child Galleries and RH Outlets and onli...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Z87frKFPiKw   The CPSC and Epicure US now recall Epicure Prep Bowls in sets of four.   The tempered glass bowl could break or shatter during use and create a laceration hazard.   About 1,600 were sold in the US and about 5,250 were sold in Canada.   If you bought these bowls, discontinue using them and and contact Epicure at 1-855-668-5909 for a free replacement.   ht...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/m5k17RFBdLQ   The CPSC and Goal Zero LLC now recall Goal Zero EC8 Power Extension Cables.   The connector pins may deform, overheat, and cause a fire hazard.   About 7,850 of these extension cables were sold at Bass Pro, REI and Sportsman’s Warehouse stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com, Backcountry.com, and GoalZero.com.   These cables connect Yeti power Statio...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/c69Sp5tiqrk   The CPSC and Hongkong Sun Rise Trading are recalling Greenworks and Powerworks Pressure Washer Spray Guns.   The spray gun connector may break causing the hose or connector parts to fly out creating an injury hazard for users or bystanders.    About 1 million of these sprayers were sold at Lowe’s Stores and online via lowes.com, amazon.com and other reta...

  Xvid https://youtu.be/prZ8x_PjKDM   The CPSC and BATTOP are recalling the BATTOP Foldable Infant Bath Seats.   This product fails to meet the federal safety standards for infant bath seats, may tip over while in use, and create a drowning hazard to babies. About 5,000 units were sold through amazon.com.   If you bought one of these, stop using it for bathing your infant.   Contact BATTOP via e-m...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/u-dtIiYDRCw   Drinking a flavanol-enriched cocoa beverage can protect your blood vessels during times of mental stress.   This the conclusion of a tightly controlled British study involving 30 male subjects from the University of Birmingham.   Each subject’s arm blood flow and a full battery of cardiovascular tests were performed at baseline and after drinking differe...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Ks5mItzoaYQ   If you get CoVid, there is a 1 in 7 chance you’ll be hospitalized.   If you do, you’ll have a 1 in 4 chance of needing the ICU or a funeral.   Researchers at the University of Minnesota studied the fate of 7,578 CoVid patients across the midwestern US.   The results: 86% of the infected don’t require hospitalization.   Of the remaining 14% sick enough to...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/lJ0hyWFJ0RE   All of us are getting cabin fever, and we want to get out and eat out.   You say, “I’m vaccinated so I can just eat at restaurants as I did before the pandemic.”   Do so at your own peril. Even the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are at best 95% effective, the J&J fax is about 70%, and all work less well against variants. There’s a 50:50 chance you could get...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/9uxqJYd60yk   CoVid can spread silently table to adjacent though distanced table within a poorly ventilated indoor restaurant.   Chinese engineers and epidemiologists now report their study of a Wuhan restaurant where one CoVid-infected person spread disease to 9 others at the same and 2 nearby tables.   Tracer gas and computational fluid dynamics defined spread of dr...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/hLhD6BMb_r4   Working 55 hours a week or more following a heart attack drives a 67% higher risk of another coronary event including unstable anginal pain, another non-fatal heart attack, or a deadly MI.   Canadian investigators followed 967 first heart attack victims after their return to work.   The risk of another often deadly cardiac event was proportional to the h...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/I2SYXphezPo   Patients regularly taking famotidine, sold as Pepcid, along with aspirin were 45% less likely to die with CoVid infections severe enough to require ICU-level therapy.   Researchers at the University of Virginia, collaborating with colleagues at Germany’s University of Berlin studied 1578 patients with severe CoVid.   The Pepcid alone reduced mortality 27...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/JLsBNvMhS5s   Exposure to tobacco smoke activates genes in lung and to a lesser extent nasal lining cells that permit CoVid to bind, enter, and damage these vital tissues.   The details have now been reported by a collaborative group at Boston and Brown Universities.   Gene analysis of 796 nasal and 1673 bronchial cell samples shows that smoking strongly turns on prod...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Y2Ie8xi9P6I   The FDA and the b.a. Sweetie Candy Company are recalling Sweetie Chocolate Malt Balls and Chocolate Malted Milk Balls.   These candies contain undeclared wheat allergen.   They have been sold in and around the Cleveland, OH metro area.   If you bought one of these candies, return it to the point of purchase for a refund.   For additional information call...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/rxo2LS_S7z4   The FDA and multiple companies are recalling multiple products sold under the brand names Thumbs Up, Red, Shogun-X, Krazy Night, 69Mode Blue, PremierZen, and SupremeZen.   These tainted products all have undeclared phosphodiesterase compounds in them including sildenafil, tadalafil, and vardenafil.   These compounds are typically used for treatment of ma...