Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/49kyKLXwkEM   The FDA and St. Benoit Creamery are recalling St. Benoit Creamery French Vanilla Yogurt.   This dairy product unfortunately contains undeclared egg allergen.   Those with egg allergies could develop serious and life-threatening allergic reactions if they ingest this yogurt.   The lot in question is code # 2054, best by date of 8/22/2022.   The product wa...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/GPBYX22Y0Go   The CPSC and Acme United are recalling PhysiciansCare aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen.   These over-the-counter are not sold in child-safe containers creating a risk of poisoning should a young child open and ingest the package contents.   These over-the-counter medications were sold by amazon, com and FSAstore.com.   Immediately store these recall...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7KSAtmEGtsI   The CPSC and HD Premier are recalling DigitDots 3mm and 5mm Magnetic Balls.   Young children may easily choke on or swallow these colorful, high powered magnets.   If several are swallowed, they may attract one another leading to intestinal perforations, twisting, blockage, infections, and possible death.   About 119,620 of these magnet sets were sold on...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ij4VhVu0KeM   The CPSC and FXSwede AB now recall ToolGuards Portable Water Immersion Heaters.   These units may overheat, melt, and catch fire creating shock, electrocution, fire, and burn hazards.   About 5,000 of these immersion heaters were sold exclusively by amazon.com.   If you bought one of them, stop using it and contact FXswede AB, the importer, via email at...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/5ec5BdLymqo   The FDA and the Albanese Confectionary Group, Inc. have recalled Albanese Dark Chocolate Espresso Beans.   This product contains undeclared peanuts.   Those with peanut allergies could develop serious or life-threatening allergic reactions should they eat these dark chocolate expresso beans.   It turns out that the company’s Dark Chocolate Panned Peanuts...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/02yQJcDN9u8   The FDA and Fairmont Foods, Inc. are recalling Schwan’s Spinach and Artichoke Dip #802 Product Information Code P82013 xxxx.   This product contains undeclared soy and wheat.   Those with soy or wheat allergies could develop serious or life-threatening allergic reactions should they ingest this product.   If you bought this, contact Fairmont Foods by pho...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/0xkFOagge4k   The FDA and ACON Laboratories are warning consumers not to use the Flowflex SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test packaged in a blue box.   This test is unauthorized for importing or use in the US.   The   product “ Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen Home Test in a white box is FDA approved for use in the US and the recipient of an Emergency Use Authorization.   The Flow...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Va7aUC9YTG0   The CPSC and Reckitt now recall Airborne Gummies in the 63 and 75 count bottles in various flavors.   Pressure may build up within these containers and forcefully eject the lid and underlying seal creating an injury.   About 3.74 million of these jars containing what is described as an immune support supplement were sold in the US at Target, Walgreens, C...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/3ZWEO1xAyHg   The CPSC and RH, formerly known as Renovation Hardware, are recalling RH Illuminated Mirrors.   The mirror’s bulb sockets are defective, may short-circuit and overheat, and create fire, burns, and shock hazards.   About 3300 of these mirrors were sold in the US and about 111 were sold in Canada.   Round, rectangular, and so-called leaner shaped mirrors a...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/QVCslfMA1d0   The CPSC and the Maison Battat company are recalling B. toys Wooden Activity Walker – Walk ‘n’ Learn.   The wheels, axles, and attachment hardware may detach from the walker, break into pieces, a create a choking hazard for infants, toddlers, and young children.   About 17,000 of these walkers were sold in the US and about 2400 were sold in Canada.   If...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/NJaHrB92EJs   The CPSC and Specialized Bicycle Components now recall Sirrus, Sirrus X and Sirrus Sport Bicycles with alloy cranks.   The crank arm on these bikes may disengage causing the rider to lose control, fall, and sustain injuries.   About 19,000 of these bicycles were sold.   If you have one of them, stop riding it immediately and contact your nearest authoriz...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/cnN2nkBlDec Short Shorts are cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries not quite ready for the clinic, but worth knowing about now. Spiders may help us cure cancer.   The intracellular protein p53 is one natural defense against cancer-triggering mutations.   Problem is that p53 is in short supply since cells naturally make very little of it and it tends to be un...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Q050l99K4QI   One in every four children under the age of 18 develops symptoms of long CoVid following a given CoVid infection.   An international collaborative group that includes Harvard, Emory, Cornell, Rutgers, Swedish and Mexican universities performed a meta-analysis of   21 published studies covering some 80,071 children and adolescents 0 to 18 years of age.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/yCZwTRhm3i4   Creativity CAN be taught to children, and professors of English at the Ohio State University now report a better method.   The traditional approach called divergent thinking that focuses on problem-solving and working memory expansion hasn’t cut it.   Instead the OSU profs recommend the narrative method successfully used by novelists.   This narrative me...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-jApZNB4yAw   Just how effective are the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for protection against the two Omicron subvariants BA.1 and BA.2?   The answer comes from a collaborative study from the epidemiologists at Cornell Medicine-Qatar following their study of 1,308,926 individuals who received the Pfizer and 894,142 who received the Moderna.   Of these groups, only 27% r...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/N4qAzhE8v9s   The OmicronBA.2 subvariant is spreading rapidly, and it will trigger another wave, actually a tsunami, of CoVid cases.   I am here to warn you, not to scare you, but if a 4 alarm siren is what you need, so be it.   I’ve been talking about this OmicronBA.2 subvariant for several weeks now as it has been spreading around Europe and is wreaking havoc in Hon...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/YxmGtJw2rkY   Short Shorts are cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries not quite ready for the clinic, but I want you to know about them now.     A New Zealand study shows that consistent reminiscing with your children about positive family activities helps them grow into adolescence with better overall mental health.   Kids whose positive childhood memories a...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/FtwtaTAF_N4   Nirsevimab is a long-acting anti-RSV monoclonal antibody that can prevent this often serious childhood respiratory illness in 75% of healthy infants.   Pediatric investigators at Northwestern and the Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago now report the results of their phase 3 clinical trial in the New England Journal of Medicine.     A total of 1490 term...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/JEQqf1_XfYY   Mindfulness meditation can reduce your guilt, but doing so may have a negative impact on your social relationships.   Psychologists at the University of Washington conducted a series of 8 experiments on 1400 participants that included 3 groups: US adults recruited online, undergrads at UPenn’s Wharton business school, and Portuguese grad students.   The...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/xwRgQi2ZIjQ   Collecting either a nasal or a saliva sample for CoVid testing in the morning vs. the evening increases the chance of detecting virus by as much as 24%.   Public health officials in Pasadena working with the California Institute of Technology report this finding following their longitudinal study of 29 mildly symptomatic participants from 16 different ho...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ILJxdVWBzTQ   A home rapid antigen CoVid test on day 6 of a quarantine overestimates the risk that you are still infectious by some 40%.   This from a Boston-based study run by researchers from Harvard, MIT, and Boston   University.   Forty young CoVid-vaccinated and 90% boosted young adults, mean age 32 years, were studied after testing PCR-positive for CoVid Omicron...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/E8apkDZdsmY   A 3 rd shot of CoVid vaccine following the 1 or 2 dose primary vaccination provides 50% more protection against an Omicron infection.   Cornell University investigators followed 15,102 vaccinated students from December 5 th to 31 st , 2021.   Of that number, 1,706 had also received a CoVid booster prior to the beginning of the study.   The vaccines used...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/yX495mNhYZA   You may get more than a case of the Mondays if you hit the ol’ office water fountain after a weekend or holiday closure.   Purdue University engineers issue this warning after their in-depth study of water in a 10 year old 3 story so-called green office building.     The building’s water quality was assessed for minerals and bacteria including legionella...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/JmgpYgCRlc4   Cases due to the Omicron Subvariant BA2 that I call Omicron BA2 are on the rise all over the world, and this subvariant is on the way to eclipsing cases due to the initial Omicron subvariant BA1.   It is already the dominant cause of cases in Denmark, Singapore, India, South Africa, and Austria.   Reports from England indicate that children are harder hi...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/D6Qh5wSgILQ   The FDA and Tennessee Technical Coatings Corp. are recalling Tennessee Technical Coatings Hand Sanitizer Isopropyl Alcohol Antiseptic 75%.   This product is contaminated with poisonous methyl alcohol or methanol for short.   Methanol can cause neurologic damage, blindness, and gastrointestinal distress.   This product was sold in Tennessee.   If you boug...