Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/jgOpwuaA4cA   Survivors of severe CoVid infections suffer deficits in their cognitive functions equivalent to 20 years of aging or the loss of 10 IQ points.   British researchers at the Cambridge NeuroCOVID Group compared the cognitive functioning of 46 persons 6 months following a bout of severe CoVid with the performance of 460 healthy, matched controls.   Those who...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1SgJ-DiZ0eQ   Women who develop high blood pressure during pregnancy have a 63% higher risk of heart attack and/or stroke later in life.   Epidemiologists at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital studied 60,000 nurses over a 30 year period.   The study revealed nearly 10% of pregnant women develop high blood pressure during a first pregnancy with obesity increasing t...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Z-N2bFdF588   Consuming a Mediterranean Diet for 3 months significantly lifted the spirits of young men 18 - 25 years.   Australian public health researchers studied 72 test subjects in a parallel group, non-blinded, randomized study.   At the end of 12 weeks, those adhering to the Mediterranean diet compared with controls showed significantly improved scores on both...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7fK1ZL2SgGY   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 w...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/PY9aMaAUhKk   Children on vegetarian diets grow just as well and are as well nourished as meat-eaters.   But…. These kids do have a tendency to be underweight.   These conclusions from a Canadian study of 8907 children from 6 months of 8 years of age studied from 2008 to 2019.   Those children exclusively eating plant-based diets had statistically similar body mass in...

  Vidcast:   H-E-B Bakery Two-Bite Brownies on Recall   The FDA and H-E-B are recalling H-E-B Bakery Two-Bite Brownies and H-E-B Simply Delicious Cookies with Brownie Bites Party Trays. These products contain metal fragments that could lead to injuries of the mouth, throat, and gastrointestinal linings.   The items were sold in Texas and Mexico. If you bought these pastries, do not consume them.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/4n7LPSQtLLY   The FDA and Queen Bee Gardens now recall Bee Chocolate Candy Products that have been purchased over the past year.   These include a variety of honey caramel candy products and chocolates that may contain undeclared allergens including tree nuts and milk.   Those with allergies to tree nuts including macadamia nuts, coconut, pecans, walnuts, almonds, and...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/owJ5G7rOsYg   The FDA and New Seasons Market LLC are recalling Maitz Valencia Almonds.   This product contains undeclared peanuts.   Those with peanut allergies may develop serious or life-threatening allergic reactions after eating the contents of this product.   These almonds were sold by New Seasons Markets in Oregon and Washington state.   If you bought these almo...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/jlJpxKL2lMs   The FDA and Natural Organics, Inc. are recalling NaturesPlus Keto Living Sugar Control Capsules.   These capsules contain undeclared wheat.   Those with wheat allergies, sensitivities to gluten, and celiac disease may develop serious or life-threatening allergic reactions after taking these capsules.   This product was sold nationwide and internationally...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/fqF7bzikebc   The CPSC and Linum Home Textiles now recall Linum Home Textiles children’s robes.   These robes do not meet federal flammability safety standards for children’s sleepwear and create a risk of burn injuries.   About 44,600 of these robes were sold online at Amazon.com, QVC.com, Overstock.com, Groupon.com, Wayfair.com, Zulily.com, Bedbathandbeyond.com, Bos...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/R6po6gIvJdY   The CPSC and NewCosplay now recall NewCosplay children’s robes.   These garments fail to meet federal flammability safety standards for children’s sleepwear creating a risk of burn injuries.   About 3,160 of these robes were sold online at newcosplay.net and amazon.com.   If your children have these garments, do not permit their wear.   Contact NewCospla...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/CUJzWOOyAPQ   The CPSC and Winter Water are recalling Winter Water branded infant French terry jumpsuits, rompers, snap suits, baby dresses and bibs.   The snaps on these baby clothes may uncouple and detach thus exposing small, sharp prongs that could create lacerations and the opportunities for small children to ingest the pieces with choking.   About 46,000 of thes...

  Xvid https://youtu.be/apOimT85gJc   The CPSC and WizWheelz are recalling GreenSpeed Magnum and Magnum XL recumbent trikes with quick release front axles and replacement quick release axles.   The front axles on these tricycles have a manufacturing defect permitting them to come loose from the vehicle creating crash and injury hazards.   About 340 tricycles were sold nationwide; if you have one o...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/33s7HutmXqA   The CPSC and Santa Cruz Bicycles now recall 2022 Heckler 9 Electric Bicycles.   A defective battery spring latch allows the battery to fall off the frame stopping and destabilizing the bicycle leading to ridcr falls and injuries and possible bystander injuries. This spring latch also causes battery housing damage and a fire risk.   About 1600 of these bi...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/qdvWn2My_zk   The COPSC and BIBS Denmark are recalling BIBS Baby Bottle Complete Set and the BIBS Bottle Kit.   The set includes a 110 or 225 milliliter baby bottle with nipple and a rubber bumper for the bottle to rest on.   The kit has only the bumper.   The apparent issue is that, when the bottle is filled with a hot liquid, the rubber bump will become misshapen th...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/LzQmL19bTxo   Short Shorts are quickie reports about cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries.   They’re worth knowing about this 1st week of May, 2022.   British regeneration scientists now have a handle on how it might be possible to make your aging cells 30 years younger.   The method begins with the technique used to reprogram mature cells to become stem ce...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/4Csxcu3sjuY   Those who smoke marijuana more than once of month are more likely to suffer a heart attack and frequent users are more likely than non-users to have their first heart attack before the age of 50.   Stanford University cardiologists now report these sobering facts following their analysis of half-million persons with clinical data and blood samples in the U...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/AvY_uD3X-4Q   Men taking phosphodiesterase inhibitors for ED including sildenafil, tadalafil, vardenafil, or avanafil, better known as Viagra, Cialis, Levitra or Stendra, are about twice as likely to develop potentially blinding eye disease.   Canadian ophthalmology researchers performed a case-control study using a large cohort of more than 213 thousand men (213, 033...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/XrVLddsBZcc   Obese women experiencing menopause after age 55 were 3 times more likely to experience often-deadly heart failure compared to women with normal body weight.   Cardiovascular researchers at UC-Davis analysed the risk of congestive heart failure for 4441 women in 4 communities across the US including those in Minnesota, Maryland, North Carolina, and Missis...

  Vidcast:     https://youtu.be/UEBi_YtxlCU   The FDA is now warning prospective parents should not =base a decision to terminate a pregnancy on so-called non-invasive prenatal screening tests or NIPS for short.   These tests are laboratory developed tests and are offered for sale without any FDA review of their accuracy and precision.   They are not FDA authorized, cleared, or approved.   These t...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/dWud9FLsFis   Those who consistently walk at a brisk pace have cells that are measurably 53% younger compared with those who walk at an average pace.   British researchers studied data from nearly 406 middle-aged persons with data in the UK Biobank and correlated self-reported walking speeds with a quantitative measure of cellular aging, the white cell telomere length...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/VkPHT-DrLiA   A new bivalent Moderna CoVid vaccine that contains CoVid antigens from the original CoVid strain and from the feisty South African Beta B.1.351 variant more than doubles the titers of protective antibodies against Omicron for up to 6 months after the shot.   This from a pre-publication manuscript released by Moderna that does raise some questions about t...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/3ck2nFVl1BE   The FDA and Gortons Seafood of Gloucester are recalling Gorton’s Fish Sandwiches - 100% Whole Fillets.   The fish in these sandwiches may conceal large, sharp fish bones risking lacerations and perforations of linings in the mouth, throat, gastrointestinal, or respiratory tracts.   As many as 504 packages of these fish sandwiches may be involved and were...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/v0aqxxpIua8   The FDA and The Salsa Texan are recalling all regular and burrito-sized packages of The Salsa Texan Coconut Flour Tortillas and Blended Flour Tortillas.   These products contain undeclared wheat and milk.   Those with an allergy or sensitivity to wheat or milk including a gluten sensitivity or celiac disease could develop a serious or life-threatening re...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/yQsSWxbVjFg   The FDA and World Variety Produce Inc. Announce the recall of Organic Marketside Organic Zucchini.   This product is contaminated with salmonella.   This bacterium can cause serious and life-threatening infections in young children, older adults, and in those with weakened immune systems.   This produce, lot #38706503, was sold by Walmart stores in Arizo...