Dr. Howard Smith Reports

x Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/NSuMJlOl42A   You’ll make poor choices and turn in awful intellectual performances on an empty stomach.   Psychologists at Scotland’s University of Dundee put 50 participants to the test either 2 hours after eating or following a 10 hour fast.   Test results revealed that hunger triggers impatience, impulsivity, and a need for immediate gratification .   The well-fed...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/YLtNdsKtk0Y   The CPSC and Polaris around the recall of Ranger, General Utility, Phoenix 200, and All-Terrain Vehicles.   These products each have throttle defects that may cause crash hazards.   If you own any of these vehicles, stop using them and contact your Polaris dealer to arrange a free inspection and repair.   You may reach Polaris by calling 1-800-765-2747....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1x43z_hkq08   The CPSC and Avalon Furniture are recalling Cottage Town Bedroom Furniture.   This product has base coat paint with unacceptably high levels of lead.   The furniture pieces involved ae part of the Cottage Town bedroom furniture collection including: dresser, mirror, headboard, footboard, and chests, and nightstand.   If you have this furniture in your ho...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/L3Zpb25hCkc   The CPSC and the Boy Scouts of America have recalled the Cub Scouts Outdoor Activity Pins.   The pin’s face and shaft both contain unacceptably high lead levels.   If your child has earned and received one of these pins, take it back to any Boy Scouts retail store for a full refund or a merchandise credit.   You may contact the Boy Scouts National Distri...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/zhzL-hi-ehU   The FDA and Transliquid Technologies are recalling Mystic Shield Protection Topical Solution, a hand sanitizer.   This product has been found to contain methanol contamination.   Methanol exposure may produce blindness, seizures, coma, headache and gastrointestinal symptoms.   This product has been distributed and sold in CA, LA, MA, and TX.   If you bou...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/KQ4YOMdO--Y   Women with these vasomotor symptoms or VMS are 70% more likely to suffer heart attacks or strokes over time.   Epidemiologists at Australia’s University of Queenland just published this warning after their meta-analysis of 23,365 women .   The risk of adverse cardiovascular consequences rises with severity of hot flushes and night sweats but not with how...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/JNv97823NnM   The most protective face masks available, excepting the N95s reserved for medical first responders, are multi-layered high-thread-count cotton and cup masks.   Mechanical engineers at Florida Atlantic University present these conclusions and provide visual proof.   These time lapse photos of each mask type show that a simple bandana offers little aerosol...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/v6pzU4nlni8   Pediatricians from children’s hospitals across the US just published their study of 186 children in 26 states who developed so-called MIS-C.     This disease is uncommon, 2 in 100,00, and begins 2-4 weeks after CoVid infection. Median age was 8.2 years, 62% were boys, and 70% tested CoVid19 positive. There was gastrointestinal inflammation in 92%, cardio...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/F6n9dM7ZsYY   Those who weather CoVid19, become virus negative but then subsequently test positive tend to be younger, sicker, and less immune to CoVid than those who remain negative.   A Chinese study, just released on sthe pre-print server medrixiv.org compared 15 such patients with 107 non-recurrent controls.   Their data showed that the rate of recurrent positivit...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7k46Q_wHFwc   Emptying every middle seat on an otherwise full airliner will cut your risk of contracting CoVid19 by 50%.   This conclusion comes to us from MIT’s Sloan School of   Management.   For details of the math, check out Professor Arnold Barnett’s online preprint.   He crunched the numbers using the coach section stats of the ubiquitous Airbus 320 and Boeing 7...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/EtaQeeSLgV4   The FDA and Garland Ventures Ltd are recalling Five Cheese Stuffed Shells.   This product is potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.   This microorganism can cause a severe or sometimes fatal infection in the very young, elders, the frail, or those with immune disorders.   If you have this product, do not consume it but return it to the pla...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/OTKBnG-4sJk   There is a direct correlation between mask-wearing in a country and the the numbers of CoVid19 cases.   Epidemiologists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong report this finding based on their analysis of global CoVid statistics and the Google Trends relative search volume on the topic of face masks.   The researchers show that the higher the online int...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/aJjQSnjvQXI   Fewer than 1% of patients recovering from CoVid19 produce the highest concentrations of virus neutralizing antibodies.   A just-published study from New York’s Rockefeller University analyses the antibodies from 149 recovered CoVid patients and controls.   The quantity of CoVid neutralizing IgG antibodies were measured at 39 days following each subject’s...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/brZGskRn4rc   A large Scottish study now reports that low Vitamin D levels show no association with risk of severe CoVid19 infection or mortality.   Researchers at The University of Glascow just pre-published this conclusion following their analysis of 656 CoVid patient case reports documented the the UK Biobank.   At first glance, the unadjusted numbers suggested tha...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/9wgfNdAQbp4   One in every four air samples from a hospital air handler contained detectable CoVid19 RNA.   University of Oregon investigators report this finding after sampling hospital air at various stages of recirculation and filtration.   A full 35% of samples from pre-filters, where recirculated and outside air entered the system, had viral RNA.   Even with filt...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/oktP81p0wh8   CoVid was detectable in the wastewater of Milan and Turin a full 2 months before the first known case of the novel coronavirus surfaced in Lombardy.   Researchers at the Italian National Institute of Health draw this surprising conclusion after testing wastewater samples from various Italian cities gathered as far back as September, 2018.   The first CoV...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/lFLL_IWAY4k   When men contract CoVid19, they mount a less robust T cell defense than women, generate more harmful inflammatory cytokines than women, and suffer more severe clinical consequences than women.   These conclusions come from a Yale study of 93 CoVid patients just published by the online pre-print server medrixiv.com .     The researchers also found that th...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/PUWk-Z2ImlY   The FDA and Saniderm Products have recalled Saniderm Advanced Hand Sanitizer.   These 1 liter bottles contain poisonous methanol, better known as wood alcohol.   Methanol exposure can produce permanent blindness, seizures, coma, as well as gastrointestinal symptoms.   Using the product on the hands is dangerous, but children accidentally ingesting it wou...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/cjV9hwsKi84   The FDA and Beyond Foods LLC are recalling Enlightened Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream.   This product may contain undeclared milk.   If you purchased this product, don’t eat it but instead return it to the point of purchase for a complete refund.   For additional information, call the company at 1-800-819-2998.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-mar...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/tZTsdkTcrXI   The FDA and the Azar Nut Co. are recalling 7-Select Yogurt Pretzels.   This product may contain undeclared peanuts.   If peanut-allergic persons consume these pretzels, they may develop serious or life-threatening anaphylactic reactions.   If you have this product, return it to the point of purchase for a refund.   If you have questions, contact the compan...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/BZyd7ZmKGWk   The FDA and Golden Nutrition Inc. are recalling Anti-Viral Immune Enhancement Capsules.   The label includes unsubstantiated health claims that this product fightS coronavirus and influenza. The product is chiefly sold in Puerto Rico, but you may find it in the states as well.   If you bought this product, return it to the store for a complete refund.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/P_4fV4Bdx0k   The FDA and Flagstone Foods LLC are recalling NorthStar Sweet and Salty Caramel Trail Mix.   This product contains undisclosed cashew nuts.   Those who are cashew-allergic may develop a severe or life-threatening reaction if they consume this confection.   This product was distributed nationally at military PXs.   If you bought this product, return it to...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/BsF7I8pQXEo   The FDA, Hy-Vee,Inc., ALDI, Fresh Express, and Signature Farms are recalling bagged garden salads.   This product from all of these companies contains possible Cyclospora contamination.   This issue came to light during an outbreak of cyclospora in the upper midwestern US.   This micro-organism produces food poisoning with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, d...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-E8gieD1QCI   The FDA and Trident Seafoods are recalling Gordon Choice Imitation Crab Supreme Style.   This product may contain undeclared egg whites.   Those with an egg white allergy may suffer a serious or even life-threatening allergic reaction.   This product has likely been been sold in your state.   If you purchased this food product, return it to the place of...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/uz-XLjGsUkE   The CPSC and the Costaway Company have recalled 3 models of Costaway Double Baby Strollers.   These strollers fail to meet federal safety standard for carriages and strollers.   A child may slip through the seat bottom and activity tray with head entrapment and possible strangulation.   The crotch restraint location creates a large opening through which...