Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Z2mR6orX_nM   As we find ourselves facing a CoVid tsunami, British virologists give us the reassuring news that the known CoVid viral mutations are not making the virus more dangerous.   From University College London comes an analysis of CoVid varieties isolated from over 46,000 patients.   The mutations occur for 3 reasons.   First, genetic misfires occur during the...

? Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ryz4Ggo2Gkk   If you can obtain an accurate CoVid viral test result within 1-2 days of testing at the conclusion of a quarantine, Yale researchers suggest that the length of quarantine may be safely reduced from 14 to 7-8 days.   Their study has just been pre-published online by medrixiv.org .     The researchers studied 4,040 CoVid tests to offshore oil rig workers....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/tcjFIbQAwpU   Analyzing a Chinese restaurant in which a super-spreader event occurred, a UC-Santa Barbara mathematician calculates that it would be necessary to have more than 50 air changes an hour rather than the current 10 to prevent an accumulation of a CoVid-infected cloud in an indoor space. That would feel like a brisk breezing blowing through the restaurant.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/juSmZ6Pf9LE   Markedly obese CoVid patients are nearly 3 times more likely than those with normal body masses to require ICU admission, go on a ventilator, or die.   An international collaborative team just published these results from their meta-analysis of 335,192 patients treated over the past 11 months.   The investigators suggest 3 explanations for this effect.  ...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/gre3bXsREcU   More than three-quarters of adults who recovered from CoVid have imaging evidence of significant cardiac damage.   German investigators report this conclusion after studying 100 men and women with an average age of 49.   Each patient underwent cardiac MRI imaging an average of 71 days following their CoVid diagnosis.   At that time, 76% of the group had el...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/VcP6tbgzzGA   Fifty percent of college students suffer long-term effects from CoVid, and that counters the myth that young adults are largely unaffected by the virus.   Researchers at the University of Dayton and NY’s Mt. Sinai School of Medicine compared 43 CoVid positive university students with 58 healthy controls.     The half suffering continuing CoVid were 43% m...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/3LfVCoOL_gI   Sunbeam Products and the CPSC are recalling Crock-Pot 6-Quart Express Crock Multi-Cookers.   This unit is able to pressurize even if the lid is not completely locked permitting the lid to suddenly detach and allowing the hot contents to spew out and burn the user.   Stop using this product in pressure cooker mode.   You may continue to use it for slow co...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/W1KEw3AVLqQ   Lidl US and the CPSC announce the recall of Lidl Powerfix Steel Shelving Units.   These units may be missing wall mounting hardware used to attach the shelving unit to the wall posing tip-over and entrapment hazards.   Stop using these units if the anti-tipping hardware is not properly attached.   Contact Lidl at 1-844-747-5435 to arrange for a refund or...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/weAEkOASznQ   The RH Company, formerly Restoration Hardware, and the CPSC have recalled the RH 5-Arm Wine Barrel Chandeliers.   Hardware parts used to hang the chandeliers may fracture causing the chandelier to fall from the ceiling and create an injury hazard.    If you have one of these chandeliers, do not allow your family or friends to pass directly beneath it.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/QoyFsBEJN20   Towsleys and the CPSC are recalling Towsleys 3-in-1 wireless chargers, 6700 mAh power banks, and travel chargers.   These products may overheat posing a fire hazard.   If you have one of these, stop using it immediately and contact the company at 1-888-510-0488 to obtain instructions regarding obtaining a free replacement charger and disposal of the reca...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/l8P8_aqBm1I   Santa Cruz Bicycles and the CPSC are recalling aluminum Santa Cruz and Juliana branded bicycles.   The aluminum frame pieces have experienced thermal damage during a painting operation and could bend or buckle, posing a fall hazard.   If you own one of these bicycles, stop using it.   Contact Santa Cruz Bicycles to arrange for a free inspection, replacem...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/cgHm-upVsJM   Riverside Natural Foods and the FDA have recalled Good & Gather Banana Chocolate Chip Date and Nut Bar.   This product is improperly labeled as containing tree nuts but instead contains almonds.   Those with an almond allergy may develop a serious or life-threatening reaction.   If you have this product, don’t consume it but return it to the place of pur...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/zI61_Wc0qjk   Shenandoah Growers Inc and the FDA are recalling packages of organic basil sold under The Fresh Market and   the Good and Gather labels.   These products are contaminated with Cyclospora .   This parasite causes an intestinal infection accompanied by severe abdominal pains, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, body aches, and fatigue.   If you have these products...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/6fOpKSYaEkE   Hy-Vee, Inc. and the FDA have recalled Hy-Vee Short Cuts vegetable mix products.   There is contamination with Listeria monocytogenes .   The products involved include Pot Roast Mix and Grill/Oven Ready Veggie Mix, were sold in IL, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, SD, and WI.   Listeria causes severe illness in the very young, the elderly, and the immune compromised...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/4RkqoKFSp0w   The FDA and Fusion Health and Vitality LLC are recalling two products: CORE Essential Nutrients; and Immune Boost Sublingual Vitamin D3.   The CORE product contains an unapproved food additive hordenine HCl and is therefore considered adulterated.   Hordenine is unsafe if ingested and may elevate the heart rate and blood pressure.   The Immune Boost prod...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/iKNIpIlfz-k   Fear of CoVid has kept millions of children from receiving scheduled measles vaccinations this year.   That shortfall only adds to the missed vaccinations that precipitated this year’s measles outbreaks.   A worldwide CoVid vaccination campaign will only add to the problem.   The WHO working group on measles and rubella issues this warning with the sober...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/dNf1xLs7j6o   One COVID feature is blood oxygen levels dropping without patients realizing they are sick.   This silent oxygen deprivation does lasting damage to multiple organs.   Biomedical engineers at Boston University and the University of Vermont, using patient data and computer modeling, show that the oxygen drop is due to 3 mechanisms.   Lung regions damaged b...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/OnuvfszO7kE   One hallmark of successful cancer immunotherapy is the deployment of checkpoint inhibitors, antibodies against the PD-1 receptors on lymphocytes that prevent them from killing cancer cells.   These must be repeatedly infused intravenously to trigger the army of killer white cells.   A just published study from Ohio State shows that even more powerful che...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/tCbUg5H-sy4   Cornell neuroscientist Dr. Lisa Mosconi has identified brain and body differences between the two genders.   Parade magazine encapsulated her findings this past weekend.   Women: See doctors more often Benefit more from plant-based diets Have greater risks of dementia Experience more anxiety and depression Suffer more headaches and migraines   Have more...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/FopRSkMu_F8   If your child has a tonsillectomy, don’t use ibuprofen, Motrin or Advil, to control post-operative pain.   A study from Harvard’s Boston Children’s Hospital shows that these drugs increase the risk of bleeding following tonsillectomy by 36%.   The study analyzed more than one-half million children under 18 years who underwent tonsil removal between 2004...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/8alCgy0cR3A   Antibodies against the mumps virus appear to have CoVid protective effects.   A study just published by mBio looked at a group of 80 COVID patients, 50 of whom had been vaccinated with MMR II vaccine vs an unvaccinated group.   Those with antibodies against the mumps virus, an RNA virus like CoVid, suffered less severe disease than those without mumps an...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/g6wn4vZ2oaw   The few unlucky persons who test COVID positive after recovering from the virus appear not to be spreaders. This conclusion comes from a Wuhan, China study that reviewed the records of 20,280 COVID patients from December through August.   The researchers also surveyed their close contacts numbering 4,079.   The data show that 12% of the group were CoVid+ r...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/GZ_q-f2XWGw   With COVID on the rise, you’ll want the best filter in your mask.   Virginia Tech engineers show that vacuum cleaner cloth material works best to filter out the smallest particles preventing you from breathing virus into your lungs or blowing it out into others.   Whether using the bag cloth in a cloth mask or a respirator mask, the vacuum bags bested mi...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/eX_Du7YauBY   The FDA and Kansan Enterprises have recalled the ALDI Southern Grove On the Go Sweet & Salty Trail Mix.   These 8 pack caddies may have undeclared almonds.   Those with almond allergies may develop a serious and life-threatening allergic reaction should they consume these product.   The product was distributed in   CT, DE, FL, MA, MD, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, V...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7ar87hiG_Xs   The highest incidence of CoVid cases that are now swamping Europe’s healthcare systems are occurring in young adults 18 to 29 years of age.   This effect is predominant in 22 of 25 countries.   Italian researchers report that the European second wave began in Spain during the early summer but really ramped up in early September due to a predominance of c...