Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/YGVd90LQoxw   The FDA and American Screening are recalling American Screening Hand Sanitizer.   This topical product is packaged in 8 ounce bottles at resemble water bottles that create a risk for oral consumption of the 70% alcohol gel with poisoning.   Ingesting this ethyl alcohol will trigger sometime fatal neurologic toxicity with loss of coordination, slurred spe...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/qzpyYDuoYso   The CPSC and American Honda are recalling American Honda Pioneer and Talon Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles.   These vehicles have defective steering assemblies causing the driver to lose control with crash and injury hazards.   About 1400 of these ROVs were sold in the US at authorized Honda Powersports dealers nationwide.   Those who own these vehicle...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/QKlRMN_JsaI   The CPSC and the Goodman Manufacturing Company are recalling the evaporator coil drain pans that are installed on residential condensing gas furnaces in an up-flow configuration.   The molded plastic drain pan, located at the bottom of the evaporator coil, can overheat, melt, and create a fire hazard.   Evaporator drain pans with serial numbers with pref...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/drKnar_ctcM   The CPSC and Amazon are recalling AmazonBasics Memory Foam Mattresses.   These mattresses fail to meet federal flammability standards and create a risk for fires and burns.   About 15,300 of the mattresses were sold online at amazon.com.   If you bought one of these mattresses and haven’t yet been contacted directly by Amazon, contact the company by phon...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/oQtCh55ybvg   The FDA and Real Greek Yogurt are recalling Ellenos Mango Greek Yogurt.   This product contains undeclared egg.   Those with an egg allergy could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction should they ingested this yogurt.   It turns out that Mango yogurt cups were mistakenly filled with pumpkin yogurt.   This product was sold in Oregon and...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/i_aqcuJQpi4   The FDA and Nutracap Holdings LLC are recalling variously branded dietary supplements due to undeclared milk,   The brands include: AIOS Synergy, Alpha, Alpha Mind Labs, Apex Nutrition, Ariel, Battleborn Nutrition, Better, Black Magic, BlakeFit, Boba Origin, Cashmere Care, Chemix, Cognito Naturals, Creed Wellness, DH Nutra, DHG NutraZone, DRVN Nutraceuti...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/HWAql8CEd8E   The FDA and ILG International Trading Inc. have recalled Natural Delight Collection Dried Apricots with a Best Buy Date of 3/30/2022.   This product contains undeclared sulfites.   Those allergic to sulfite could develop serious or life-threatening reactions if they ingest this product.   Do not consume these apricots but return the package to the place...

  Vid: https://youtu.be/pjvGqsCXnG0 The FDA and the Oregon Lox Company are recalling salmon lox branded as Aqua Nova, North Coast, and Tony’s.   These products are contaminated with listeria monocytogenes that can trigger severe or life-threatening infections in the young, elders, an in those with weakened immune systems.   The affected lox was sold in Alaska, California, Oregon, and Washington St...

  Vid: https://youtu.be/hNL4XWKBC50   The FDA, Alsum Farms & Produce Inc., and Potandon have recalled Whole Yellow, White, and Red Onions sold as Alsum and Green Giant Fresh.   This produce is contaminated with salmonella that may cause serious and life-threatening gastrointestinal and systemic infections especially in the very young, elders, and those with immunosuppression.   The affected onions...

  Vid: https://youtu.be/3QbCxcjhgSA   The FDA and the Spice ’n More Corporation are recalling Salma Natural Curry Powder, lot #H092021 with a Best Buy date of 12/20/2021.   This product contains undeclared peanuts.   Anyone with a peanut allergy ingesting this curry powder could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction.   If you bought this curry powder, return it to the place of pu...

  Vid: https://youtu.be/NB2v63W6wUA   The CPSC and RH recall Lambeth Outdoor Metal Torches.   Flammable torch fuel may leak from the top of the torch canister due to a defective lid leading to fires and burns.   About 1200 of these torches have been sold nationwide at RH Galleries and Outlets and online at rh.com.   Immediately stop using these torches and contact RH by phone at 1-833-424-1125 or...

  Vid: https://youtu.be/hVmwTIl3MlQ   The CPSC and VidaXL have recalled VidaXL Steel Pool Ladders.   The steps of these ladders may loosen and detaching creating falls and drowning hazards for those climbing.   About 3200 of these ladders were sold online at vidaxl.com.   All pool owners and users should stop using these ladders immediately.   Ladder owners should contact VidaXL by phone at 1-888-...

  Vidcast:    https://youtu.be/HHniO3PeycQ The CPSC and Hanna Anderson are recalling Hanna Anderson Baby Ruffle Rompers and Baby Long Sleeve Wiggle Sets.   The snaps on these garments may detach and create a choking hazard for infants, toddlers, and young children.   About 3200 of the ruffle rompers and 4400 of the wiggle sets were sold in the US and 10 of each garments were sold in Canada online...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/zFl5YnLr4mA   Vaccination with one of the mRNA CoVid vaccines, Moderna or Pfizer, is 5 times more protective against a subsequent CoVid infection compared with a natural CoVid infection.   So says the CDC after its VISION Network reviewed data from 201,000 CoVid hospitalizations in 9 different states and found 7,000 persons to analyze in depth.   They compared the ris...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ZJlHdKNwpVU   Covid19 can now be added to the family of virus capable of infecting and damaging inner ear cells that provide our hearing and sense of balance.   Investigators at MIT and Harvard’s Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary now report this finding that may explain why some CoVid patients report hearing loss, ringing in their ears or tinnitus, and balance problems.   T...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/RxnLlRARmBw   After Pfizer announced a kids CoVid vaccine for children 5-11 years of age, 57% of parents, on average, reported that they intend to vaccinate their children.   Let’s see which parents will and why.   Israeli investigators conducted an online survey of 1,012 parents of children 5 through 11 years of age living in that country.   Of the 57% who will vacci...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/MXWJrM0Zwwo   The risk of severe adverse events after the THIRD dose of either Moderna or Pfizer mRNA vaccines is comparable to those following the SECOND dose, and that risk is low in the 0.2 to 0.4% range.   Investigators at the Mayo Clinic and the Cambridge, MA Nference company studied 9,095 persons who received 3 doses of Moderna vaccine and 38,094 persons who rec...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/kuvLDJsuntA   Those with sleep disorders including breath-holding apnea and low blood oxygen concentrations or hypoxemia have a 31% higher risk of severe CoVid infections with hospitalization and death.   Sleep researchers at the Cleveland Clinic conducted a case-control study of 5402 patients in its large vertically integrated   health system with 1935 testing positi...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/JQ1tBKpexVk   Now that the Pfizer CoVid vaccine has been approved for kids 5 through 12 years and you have to decide whether to vaccinate your child, consider 3 issues: safety, necessity to maintain your child’s health, and the necessity to maintain your family’s and community’s health.   Excellent thoughts on these issues come from the Children’s Hospital of Philadel...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/9EJG_JyIAIs   Drinking a 6 ounce cup of coffee during the first trimester will not increase a woman’s risk of gestational diabetes and drinking that same amount during the second trimester actually seems protective lowering the risk of diabetes by 47%.   University of Pennsylvania and NIH epidemiologists just published these conclusions following their study of 2529 w...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/CwlSvBXaXiE   A third dose of the Pfizer CoVid vaccine reduces the risk of a severe CoVid infection by 92%, a hospitalization for CoVid by 93%, and a CoVid-related death by 81%.   These conclusions come from a massive study by Israel’s Clalit Institute in collaboration with the Harvard Medical School.   The researchers studied nearly 1.5 million persons from the end o...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-hxflBkmO3g   An excellent video from the Children’s Hospital of Philadephia and the University of Pennsylvania that features recollections of a pediatric nurse who has cared for children with severe CoVid.   https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/resources/vaccine-videos-and-dvds/perspectives-covid-19-vaccine-kids   #CoVid #vaccine #children  

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7MM1rf9KIfE   An excellent video from the Children’s Hospital of Philadephia and the University of Pennsylvania that features recollections of a clinician who has cared for children with severe CoVid.   https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/resources/vaccine-videos-and-dvds/perspectives-covid-19-vaccine-kids   #CoVid #vaccine #children  

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/LzRnZvYkvbg   An excellent video from the Children’s Hospital of Philadephia and the University of Pennsylvania that demonstrates how viral vector vaccines such as the Johnson and Johnson-Janssen and the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines work to produce immunity against the CoVid19 virus.   https://vaccinemakers.org/resources/videos-animations   #CoVid #viralvector #vaccine...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/5BEkGQKYkH4   An excellent video from the Children’s Hospital of Philadephia and the University of Pennsylvania that demonstrates how mRNA vaccines such as the Moderna and the Pfizer vaccines work to produce immunity against the CoVid19 virus.   https://vaccinemakers.org/resources/videos-animations   #CoVid #mRNA #vaccine #moderna #pfizer CoVid, mRNA, vaccine, moderna...