Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/XPCQ12KaTQk   The CPSC and Copper Pearl now recall Copper Pearl Children’s tight-fitting pajamas made of 69% polyester, 28% rayon and 3% spandex.   These garments fail to meet the tight-fitting flammability standards for children’s sleepwear and create a risk of burn injuries.   About 1300 of these pjs were sold online at copperpearl.com as well as at children’s bouti...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/kLvn0KpN4T4   The FDA and The JM Smucker Co. now recall select Jif peanut butter products sold in the US.   The peanut butter is contaminated with salmonella , a bacterium that causes serious and sometime fatal infections in the very young, in frail or elderly individuals, and in those with weakened immune systems.   The products in this recall involve all sizes and s...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Q_9lJ8Dodn4   The FDA and Dierberg’s Markets are recalling Dierberg’s Markets Fresh Garden Spiral Pasta Salad with an outdate of 5/31/22 in 12oz & 2 lb packages. This product has undeclared egg.   The salad in the spiral pasta container is actually broccoli cheddar that contains egg.   Those with an egg allergy could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reac...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/w8vjbSxw-AE   The FDA and White Cane Sockeye Salmon LLC are recalling its Wild Alaskan Cooked and Smoked Salmon.   This product contains undeclared wheat and soy.   Those with soy or wheat allergies or those with gluten issues or celiac disease could develop severe of life-threatening allergic reactions should they consume this salmon.   The product was sold at farmer...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/V-PLVxsUSyw   The FDA and QueensMade Lemonade LLC announce the recall of all its juice-type products including all lemonade flavors and ginger turmeric shots.   These products were produced without supervision of a mandated inspector, and product safety could not be verified.   These products were sold at various stores, restaurants, and food trucks in the Cincinnati...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/gpivncWMVG0   The CPSC and DLG are recalling Hover-1 Superfly Hoverboards.   An electronic throttle software defect permits energy to flow to the motor driving the board forward even when the rider is not controlling it.   This is a setup for falls and injuries to the rider and bystanders.   About 93,000 of these hoverboards were sold at Best Buy stores nationwide and...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/VMV9HNAYoZs   The CPSC and the Moderne Glass Company now recall Moderne Glass 15 ounce Coffee Cups.   The glass used for fabrication is not tempered and the coffee cup may crack or break when hot water is poured into it.   This creates burn and laceration hazards.   About 2500 of these cups were sold online at glassamerica.com.   If you bought one of these cups, stop...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/xk66vLsjieM   SAW IT ON TV is a new feature designed to give you the nitty gritty about the healthcare products and services that are hawked to you during the seemingly endless barrage of TV ads.   Oh yes, we do hear them ad nauseam on good ol’ radio too.   Last year, the pharmaceutical industry alone shelled out more than 1.7 billion dollars to advertise their wares...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/GGrGBx1kY7I   Let’s review some the healthcare-related business news for this rd week of May, 2022   Google and DeepMind, Alphabet’s AI lab subsidiary, are facing a British lawsuit for their use of confidential health information belonging to 1.6 million users of the UK’s National Health System.   The data was mined from a smartphone app called “Streams” that dealt wi...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/AbLb4QMLTdY   Short Shorts are quickie reports about cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries.   They’re worth knowing about this 3rd week of May, 2022.   Inhaled antibiotics may offer at least a partial solution to our current dilemma of ever-increasing antibiotic resistance.   British researchers call for the use of topical antibiotic delivery to the lungs of...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/8_ufaAR9jR0   Daily consumption of blueberries may help keep you not only mentally sharp but metabolically healthy.   University of Cincinnati neuroscientists studied an admittedly small group of 33 persons 50-65 years of age who were suffering early mental decline and were overweight.   In a randomized, controlled trial, half the group consumed powders containing one...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/COiOW4RQtio   Half of those admitted to hospitals with severe CoVid infections at the pandemic’s beginning were continuing to suffer with at least one symptom of LongCovid 2 years later.   A Chinese study with the longest patient followup to date follkowed 1192 participants infected with the original Wuhan strain during 2020.   Their median age was 57 years,   Control...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Il4p2NLoyCc   Those men whose sperm were in younger epigenetic age categories were 17% more likely to successfully father children.   This the finding of researchers at Wayne State’s Center for Human Growth and Development.   They studied 379 male partners of couples actively trying to get pregnant.   The epigenetic age of their sperm was determined by DNA methylation...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1EJHEpRiNhA   The greater the intensity of road cycling training on a given day, the lower the moods of those cyclists the following day.   Researchers at Barcelona’s Laboratory of Sports Psychology and Sport Research Institute carefully monitored 5 recreational road cyclists over a 6 week period.   Captured was data that reflected the cyclists actual and perceived ph...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/3EF1xXDxb28   When asthmatics develop oxygen-robbing attacks, rescue with inhaled therapy that includes not only albuterol but also a steroid is 26% more effective than treatment with the bronchodilator albuterol alone.   The randomized, double-blind multicenter MANDALA study followed a group of 3132 asthmatics who received one of three therapies: 180 ug of albuterol...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/jUgc6YPWkrE   Your chance of developing LongCovid is about 21% greater after an Omicron BA.2 infection compared with a Delta infection.   The UK’s Office for National Statistics surveyed 6631 persons infected with either the CoVid Delta variant or one of the Omicron subvariants after 3 shots of either the Pfizer, Moderna, or AstraZenaca CoVid vaccines.   The survey as...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/wXCnjvWXStI The FDA and Grandma’s Cuisine have recalled Cheese-Filled Pierogis sold under the Grandma’s Cuisine, Bernat’s, and Golden Eagle brands.   These pierogis contain undeclared milk allergen.   Those with milk allergies may develop serious and life-threatening allergic reactions after ingesting these pieogis.   Grandma’s Cuisine branded pierogis were distribute...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/8ylJ2vzTYPQ   The FDA and the Mars Wrigley Confectionery US are recalling specific varieties of Skittles, Starburst, Life Savers Gummies.   These candies or the bags containing them are contaminated with a very thin metal strands.   The flavors involved are: original, sours, sour berries, wild berries, and five flavor.   If you bought any of these, dispose of the prod...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/aw0_WPrnx2c   The FDA and Mrs Millers Homemade Jams have recalled the following products:   Smokey BBQ Bacon Jam and Spicy Chili Bacon Jam.   The recall is due to an undeclared soy allergen found in the Worcestershire Sauce and Hickory Smoke ingredients used in these jams.   These jams were sold in Ohio. Delaware, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Caro...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ZFvzdnCefTs   The FDA and Van Leeuwen Ice Cream have recalled Van Leeuwen Oat Milk Brown Sugar Chunk Non-dairy Frozen Dessert.   This product contains undeclared tree nuts specifically cashews and pistachios.   Those with an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts, tree nuts including chestnuts, brazil nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, pine nuts, cashews, eggs, and s...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ckYFf44eZ7c   The FDA and HP Hood LLC now recall Planet Oat Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Planet Oat Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl frozen dessert.     The issue is undeclared peanuts.   Apparently, the Planet Oat Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl frozen dessert was mistakenly packaged in the Planet Oat Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough containers.   Those with a peanut allerg...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7Px38iwOQWc   The CPSC and Yamaha Motor Corporation USA are recalling Yamaha Wolverine RMAX Off-Road Side-by-Side Vehicles.   These vehicles have a defective fuel tank that leaks creating fire and explosion hazards.   About 4,130 of these vehicles were sold.   If you have one of these potential firetraps, stop using it and contact your authorized Yamaha dealer to sche...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/aHuKzrsiDCc   Let’s review some the healthcare-related business news for this 2 nd week of May, 2022   Bill Gates just tested positive for CoVid despite the fact that he is fully vaccinated and boosted.   His case so far is symptomatically mild.   He is attending the first in-person meeting that the Gates Foundation has had in several years, but he will be doing so vi...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/VqIN3664keY   Short Shorts are quickie reports about cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries.   They’re worth knowing about this 2nd week of May, 2022.   Silkworms help to repair Achille’s tendons.   From UCLA and the Terasaki Institute for Medical Innovation comes the novel combination of silk from the Bombyx mori silkworm and a water-retaining gel called Gel...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/kUBUoXgOAZA   The latest subvariants now spreading around the world, Omicron BA 2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5 easily escape neutralization by antibodies that neutralize the original Omicron and earlier subvariants including BA.1. and BA.2.   These later subvariants boast an increasing number of novel mutations.   Chinese virologists now report that their studies pitting thes...