Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-6L__Yrzktc   The CPSC and Urban Outfitters are recalling Margo Taper Candle Holders.   These candle holders may ignite should they come in contact with the candle’s flame creating a fire hazard.   About 2700 of these were sold in the US and about 60 sold in Canada.   Stop using these candle holders and return them to your nearest Urban Outfitters store to receive a r...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/bdfQBX5U_4A   The CPSC and Home Depot now recall StyleWell Wood Windsor Dining Chair Sets.   The chair’s back may detach and create a fall hazard.   About 3100 of these chairs were sold online at homedepot.com .   Immediately stop using these chairs and inspect them for missing screw holes and wood screws on the underside of the chair base.   If you spot the defect, r...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/F409fOyFKBY   The CPSC and MTIG Productions are recalling deSensua Wintergreen, Birch and Pain Soother Essential Oils.   These products contain methyl salicylate which must be in child resistant packaging.   About 1000 of these products were sold at amazon.com and deSensua.com .   If you have this item at home, immediately store the product out of reach of children.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/JMrO286AIbU   The incidence of childhood peanut allergy is 16% lower currently compared with a decade earlier.   The reason: more babies are eating more peanut products earlier than ever before.   Australian pediatric researchers at the University of Melbourne compared 1,933 12 month old infants recruited in 2018-19 with 5,276 controls studied 10 years earlier.   All...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Lt1eA7HmnRM   Brain tissue exposed to explosive shockwaves suffer a 60-80% decline in proteins necessary to maintain working connections and information flow between brain cells.   Neuroscientists at the University of North Carolina collaborated with colleagues at the US Army Research Laboratory to test the effects of select battle shockwave trauma on hippocampal brai...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/25t2xXLcdg4   The use of long-acting insulin analogs rather than NPH insulin reduces the risk of life-threatening hypoglycemia by nearly 30% for those in their 70s and older.   Researchers at the FDA report this finding after studying more than one-half million (575,008) diabetics 65 years and older.   Those diabetics using glargine, branded as Lantus, had a 29% lower...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1UU1Y46BM3Q   From the World Health Organization comes the largest meta-analysis confirming that hydroxychlorqine does not prevent clinical CoVid infections.   The researchers aggregated data from 6 trials coppering some 6,059 participants.   The data conclusively showed that hydroxychloroquine had no significant protective effect and did not prevent CoVid infections...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/NfYWwzdOiuM   The B.1.526 variant, first appearing in New York in December, has seen more than a 26 fold increase over a one month period.   This variant contains the E484K, S477N, and the D253G mutations.   These mutations reduce therapeutic value of convalescent immune sera from recovered patients as well as commercial monoclonal antibodies.   They may also lower va...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/huVl5qZPaOI   Two doses of the Novavax full length CoVid spike protein-nano particle vaccine induced significantly high and effective titers of IgG anti-CoVid antibody.   Novavax Inc. has just published these results on the pre-publication online server medrixiv.org .   A total of 1256 participants at 17 sites in the US and Australia completed the blinded, randomized...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/0_urGjMLqwU   Those engaging in physical activities more than once a week are 52% less likely to require hospitalization should they become infected with CoVid compared with couch potatoes.   French, Canadian, and Swiss investigators analyzed data from 3,139 European participants.   As expected, even with exercise, the odds of hospitalization for CoVid were more than...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/naMxqevNDBs   The first dose of the Pfizer vaccine appears to be 93-94% effective at preventing CoVid, a significantly higher number than the originally reported 52%.   This new information comes from two independent research groups, one in Canada and the other in Australia, after they revisited the data from Pfizer’s phase 3 studies of this vaccine’s potency.   The C...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7zYYi0fZx0Q   The FDA and El Abuelito Cheese now recall all Quesco Fresco products with sell dates through 3/28/21 due to the possibility that they are contaminated with listeria monocytogenes .   This micro-organism may cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in the very young, elders, or in the immunocompromised.   It may cause miscarriages and stillbirths.   E...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/HzIXtpbscw8   The FDA and Giant Eagle Inc. now recall Market District Gourmet Chocolate Covered Pretzel Platters and Bags with sell by dates of 4/3/21.   The product may contain undeclared pecan allergen.   Those with an allergy to pecan nuts may develop a severe or life-threatening reaction after consuming this product.   These products were sold in the Township of P...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/zZSlKfYrscU   The FDA and Adamssecret.co announce the recall of Adam’s Secret Extra Strength 1500 and Adam’s Secret Extra Strength 3000 capsules.   These products contain undeclared sildenafil and/or tadalafil, better known as Viagra and Cialis.   These are phosphodiesterase inhibitors that may create adverse reactions with medications containing nitrates including ni...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-5xyrIa_4D8   The CPSC and Jim Lamp recall the J Hunt and J Hunt & Co. Home Accent Tables with Charging Receptacles.   The charging receptacles and USB ports may have electrical issues that could create a shock hazard.   About 99,000 of these tables were sold in the US and 11,000 were sold in Canada.   Immediately stop using the receptacles on these tables.   Contact...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/nwcEEVN6xkg   The CPSC and Toro are recalling the Toro Power Max 826 OHAE Snowthrowers with model number 37802.   The auger may fail to disengage when the control lever is released posing a real threat of amputation for the operator or bystanders.   About 6700 of these units have been sold at Ace Hardware, Home Depot, and Toro authorized dealers across the country.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/guoDrYebx2o   The CPSC and National Presto have a recall on the Presto Indoor Electric Smoker.   The heating element and the associated wiring are defective posing an electric shock hazard.   This cooking device was sold at Shopko, Sears, Kmart, Belk, Veterans Canteen Store and other home appliance stores across the country.   It was sold on line through amazon.com ,...

  Xvidd https://youtu.be/O0LSBd8YwMM   The CPSC and Anker Play Products are recalling 10-In-1 Incredible Inventions Science Kits. The paint on the red and blue magnet included with this kit exceeds safe federal lead levels.   The labelling on this product also lacks mandated warnings for magnets and balloons. If you bought this kit for your child, do not permit them to use the red and blue magnet....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ZQJThGWhf1c   The CPSC and Primark announce the recall of   two Primark piercings: 5-Pack Nose and Body Bar Piercing.   These items have elevated levels of the mineral nickel which can and often does induce an allergic-type skin irritation.   If you have these, stop using them immediately and return them to the place of purchase or a Primark store for a refund.   If y...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/lEjT1k3ouG4   CoVid can trigger autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune, muscle inflammation, and so-called CoVid toes.   For the first time, radiologists at Northwestern University release images of these CoVid-induced maladies.   Using multi-modality imaging including conventional radiography, CT, MR, and ultrasound, the investigators assembled pict...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/RMPpAQAprE4   Reports on the two mRNA vaccines Americans are receiving were published just days ago in the New England Journal of Medicine by Moderna and Pfizer with their academic collaborators.   Both vaccines trigger antibodies that neutralize the original predominant Wuhan strain and the British B.1.117 variants but have reduced though still lethal activity agains...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/3PyyXUDX9m8   Asthmatics are less likely to contract CoVid.   So say Australian researchers after their meta-analysis of 57 worldwide studies that encompassed 587,200 persons.   The data show that about 7 per 100 asthmatics develop a CoVid infection but 8 per 100 in the general population do so as well.   Asthmatics were 14% less likely to become infected and 13% less...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/5ZeOL0HAv6Q   The FDA and CDC now report that only 0.05% of the 13.8 million Moderna and Pfizer vaccine doses resulted in any type of reaction, and only 9% of that tiny number were serious reactions.     The most common symptoms were headache in 22.4%, fatigue in 16.5%, and dizziness in 16.5%.   More symptoms were noted after the second shot than after the initial one...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/lRPUg3oybhg   CoVid survivors have only weak immunity to the original Wuhan virus by 4-8 months after infection, and their ability to resist the South African B.1.351 variant is poor.   The good news that a single dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines raises their immunity 1000-fold to the Wuhan strain while their immunity to the South African strain is only 2...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/8f-DuAQxR8o   Nearly one-third of CoVid sufferers continue to report aches and pains for as long as 9 months.   This the finding of University of Washington researchers after studying 177 persons 85% of whom had only a mild CoVid case.   Checking in an average of 6 months after infection, the most common complaints were fatigue, loss of smell and taste, brain fog, tro...