Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/3QuG3eK5mrc Low dose aspirin increases the chances of a live birth by up to 15% for women who had up to 2 previous miscarriages.  This the conclusion of a study from Emory and the NIH. A group of 1228 women 18-40 years were randomized to receive 81 mg of aspirin and folic acid or folic acid alone daily for up to 6 cycles while attempting conception and continuing the reg...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/4zof2XuO6kE Lovers of post-apocalyptic stories may be better prepared to weather stressful events like the recent pandemic say Penn State psychologists. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/zombie-movies-prepared-you-pandemic/ #zombie #disasters #pandemic #stress #anxiety

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/x_lyciTe1Cw When composing tweet, texts, and answering surveys, you tend to reveal more private, confidential information on your smartphone than on your desktop computer.  University of Pennsylvania researchers report this conclusion from their analysis of more than 369,00 tweets, nearly 20,000 call-to-action web ads, and 10,000 restaurant reviews. The investigators att...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/zK6pbWPEUeM A new MRI technique permitting simultaneous brain scanning of two persons face-to-face touching one another shows that their sensory and motor regions light up in response to a partner’s actions but also in anticipation of them.   Finnish neuroscientists, psychologists, and biomedical engineers modified a standard MRI coil to permit two person scanning.  Ten...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/3Pc3rYZ8kmI Pre-schoolers overwhelmingly choose to hear and read stories about the workings of the world around them.  This from a Vanderbilt University analysis of story choices by 48 kids 3-4 years of age. The investigators presented children two versions of 2 stories.  One version was causally-rich with details about why and the  minimally-causal version provided just...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/eTICNcwIdy0 An unexpected observation during awake neurosurgery at Emory University demonstrates that laughter leads to a sense of calm and happiness. https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/02/laughter_electricity_brain_jci/index.html #laughter #pain #neurosurgery #anxiety

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/LiuC2g-tfcA A common food additive may cause autoimmune celiac disease.  Microbial transglutaminase used to glue food together may be the culprit as the rise of celiac disease is associated with increasing use of this food ingredient. https://celiac.org/about-the-foundation/featured-news/2019/01/association-between-a-common-food-additive-and-celiac-disease/ #celiac #tran...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/j_fPJhPW-Bs Two Part Series Boston Children's Hospital’s Dr. Richard Ferber and Dr. Smith take calls from parents with questions about children who won’t fall asleep and stay asleep.  Dr. Ferber is the author of SOLVE YOUR CHILD’S SLEEP PROBLEMS. #ferber #pediatrics #sleep #wbznewsradio #BostonChildrensHospital

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/iIys4XV64Cg Two Part Series Boston Children's Hospital’s Dr. Richard Ferber and Dr. Smith take calls from parents with questions about children who won’t fall asleep and stay asleep.  Dr. Ferber is the author of SOLVE YOUR CHILD’S SLEEP PROBLEMS. #ferber #pediatrics #sleep #wbznewsradio #BostonChildren'sHospital 

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/XA1MDUI--vo A young couple travel abroad for unique psoriasis therapy.   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1697753/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1697753/ #psoriasis #travel #turkey #kangal #drfish #WBZNewsRadio

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/nK1WSlxwud0 A young couple travel abroad for unique psoriasis therapy.  References after Part 2. #psoriasis #travel #WBZNewsRadio #drfish

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Hy_UcuxOiAY Lead-in by WBZ’s Gary LaPierre—- Relatively young men and women are falling victim to chronic obstructive lung disease or COPD.  An NIH study of more than 5,800 young smokers with smoking-related lung problems shows that about 40% of them are younger than 45 years and more than 40% of them are women.  Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are generally thought to...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/gNxPgn0MnV4 School violence is on the rise but, surprise, it’s the bullies themselves who are most likely to be  seriously injured.  This the conclusion of a study by researchers at the University of Texas-Houston who studied of some 4300 5th, 7th, and 10th graders in Houston, LA, and Birmingham, Alabama. In 5th grade, 17% of children sustained at least one violent injur...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/i48cXALBTQY Abusive bosses who rule with a heavy hand are managing their own failure.  This is the conclusion of a 427 study meta-analysis completed by researchers at Portland State University and published in the Journal of Management.  Managers perceived as unfair, unhelpful, and impersonal trigger counterproductive and passive-aggressive work behaviors including work...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/YRhzpHLgygE Imitate your infant, and she or he will love you for it.  Swedish philosophers at Lund University report this conclusion following their observations of sixteen 6 month old infants. Even very young children recognize when an adult is imitating their behaviors.  The babies focus attention longer and more consistently on those imitating them.  Their smiles indi...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/v4isj4Cm3Tk The acetaminophen you take for a headache or toothache may inadvertently drive you to tell your boss off or to drive less defensively.  Ohio State psychologists studied a total of 542 undergrads in 3 randomized controlled studies. Those students taking acetaminophen demonstrated twice as much risky behavior on a virtual ballon inflation game compared with tho...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/-7MD_um-Wug Downing cheese and red wine will keep you sharp as you go through life.  Food scientists from Iowa State University report these findings after analyzing data from 12,787 Brits 46 to 77 years of age. Participants completed Food Frequency Questionnaires and underwent testing of their ability to think on the spot using he Fluid Intelligence test.  Cheese topped...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/CegB9XMwPrQ If you rarely exercise your body, you run the risk of itchy, scaly skin as you age.  This the conclusion of a just-published Swedish study that followed nearly 1.2 million men over a 31 year average followup period. The men were divided into 3 groups according to their levels of cardiovascular fitness.  The data showed that those with the highest level of fit...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Knip3Vws2AY North Carolina oncologists report that former or current cigarette smokers are significantly more likely to suffer breast cancer lung metastases compared with non-smokers.  To find out why, they went into the lab and found, in a mouse model, that nicotine is the culprit. In their human study group of 1077 breast cancer patients, the group of tobacco smokers h...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/VKUrmJx-New Using anabolic steroids to bulk up is associated with accelerated brain aging as seen on magnetic resonance imaging.  Norwegian neuroscientists just published their study comparing the brains of 130 weightlifting men who consistently ingested anabolic steroids with 99 non-using lifters. The investigators used machine learning protocols on brain images of 1838...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/nYCAsissutU 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 polyphenols they c...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/KXsiMSMX8yo Increased exposure to the forever chemicals PFAS and phthalates leads to significant weakening of long bones in adolescent boys.  Epidemiologists at the Maine Medical Center studied the blood, urine, and bone X-rays of 453 boys and 395 girls 12 to 19 years of age. The overall concentrations of PFAS in the blood and phthalate metabolites in the urine were asso...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/SYzXyGpqzcI Morning exercise is best for women and evening exercise works best for men.  These the conclusions of collaborative studies by exercise physiologists at New York’s Skidmore College, the Arizona State University, and the California State University. The researchers analyzed 30 women and 20 men in their early to mid-forties over a 12 week period.  The data gath...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/Fikwz4LNtws Vigorous exercise can block the aging cycle. This according to a British study comparing those who regularly ride bicycles compared with a matched group of couch potatoes and another control group of healthy young adults in 20s and 30s. The cyclists maintain the immunity, muscle strength, metabolism, and, in males, testosterone levels of young adults. #aging #...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/K08I_8uEhpc Lead-in by the late and great Gary LaPierre Jogging with babies in infant carrier-back packs can lead to dangerous shaking, neck and back injuries, and undue bouncing of the babies brain within the skull leading to concussion-type injury. The best way to jog with your baby is to have them come along in a jogging stroller. Keep in mind though, when you have the...