Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/VTzUP8sHGJs   An NSAID that selectively and safely blocks inflammation may be another weapon in the fight against the novel coronavirus.   A preliminary Chinese study of 44 CoVid patients included 37 receiving Celebrex and a very small 7 patient control group receiving conventional therapy only.   Data showed that treatment with Celebrex was associated with recovery of al...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/RxyARQYsrkA   Personal physical distancing strongly correlates with decreased CoVid19 case growth rates in the 25 most affected counties in the United States.   This the conclusion of a Johns Hopkins study that quantitates the degree of distancing using cell phone data on a county-wide basis.   The investigators were able to calculate a social distancing ratio for eac...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/dWYCdfb3wrk   If you live in a CoVid hot spot like New York City or LA, assume nearly every public surface has live virus.   Brazilian microbiologists tested for live virus at 30 locations in Belo Horizonte, a metro area some 6 million people.     CoVid in ample quantities was found in 6/15 bus stations particularly those near hospitals.   Virus was also found in 3 pu...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/GFs0TET3ANw   That traditional weekend visit to the grandfolks could infect them with CoVid.   A just pre-published study from Tel Aviv University reveals a significant 5 day post weekend peak in new CoVid cases after analysis of data from 7 of 12 countries around the world.   New CoVid   cases tick up on Thursday to Friday as one would expect from a 5 day lag between...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/mHatAUw52vo   A Remdesivir, ritonivir, and lopinavir drug cocktail may be the most potent CoVid killer.   This conclusion from a Singapore artificial intelligence study just pre-published on the medrixiv.org .   Researchers used their IDentif.ai platform and known CoVid killing abilities of 12 anti-viral drugs to predict and test a half million possible drug combinati...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/kvkFU8vkyyw   The stomach acid suppressing drug famotidine reduces the risk of death from CoVid in hospitalized patients by 70%.   Clinicians at Columbia, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Northwell Health studied 340 patients with severe CoVid19 infections.   Famotidine was used at home prior to admission by 15% who were also given it in-hospital.   Only 1% of cont...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/8Pkww_NybWU   Wearing a weighted vest for just 3 weeks could help you lose 5 times more weight.   A new study from Sweden’s University of Gothenberg studied weight loss in 69 mildly obese subjects.   The experimental group wore 24 pound vests while the control group wore 2 lb vests over the study period.   The weigh-in at the end clocked a 3.5 pound average weight los...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1wYX4J_9dpo   To prevent resurgence of CoVid as business and school resume, take a page from our healthcare worker’s self-protection playbook.   Physicians at the University of Iowa encourage us to create PPE for ourselves without denying it to heroic professionals.   Equipped healthcare staff have CoVid infection rates a fraction of those in the general population de...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/h4N4_Do56qo   Heating N95 or KN95 masks to 170 ˚F for 30 minutes effectively disinfects, and you can do it up to 50 times without losing the mask’s CoVid filtration powers.   This conclusion comes from a study by 4C Air, a nanotechnology spinoff from Stanford University.   Investigators there compared various methods of cleaning medical grade masks including dry heati...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/oIu612tz3DI   Asthma under active treatment may help recovery from CoVid19.   Case series from central China regions and New York City, two epicenters of the pandemic, raise questions about the CDC’s designation of asthma as a complicating factor for CoVid.   Asthma patients with CoVid have no higher hospitalization rates than than non-asthmatics.   In Wuhan, 5% of pe...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Ks_V67XF_m0   Most women with the novel coronavirus can successfully deliver CoVid negative babies.   This according to a Indian meta-analysis of 50 case series that studied 387 women who delivered 391 babies pre-published on the medrixiv.org pre-print web site.   Ninety-five percent contracted the viral disease during their third trimester.   Ninety-six percent of th...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ciFbsQ2h9Ts   The Fully Popped Company is recalling Poppin’ Cobs 10 pack Microwave Popcorn.   Their brown paper bags can catch fire in the microwave leading to burns.   This product has been sold at Uncommon Goods Stores in Brooklyn, NY.   Do not use this product, and return it to the point of purchase.   For more information, contact Fully Popped at 1-866-767-2627.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/PXYiGNkmH1s   The Noah Clothing Company is recalling its Men’s Reverse Fleece Hoodies.   The fabric fails to meet federal flammability standards.   It poses a burn risk to wearers.   Stop wearing the garment and return it to the point of purchase.   If you have questions, contact the Noah Clothing Company at 1-833-662-4692.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/noah-clo...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Ri2i7pgWNc0   The Essential Baking Company of Seattle is recalling is Slice Columbia Bread.   There is undeclared egg in the product.   This poses a significant danger for egg-allergic individuals.   Apparently, the actual product in the packaging is challah. This product was chiefly sold in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.   If you have this product, do no...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/b4LkJCjl-v4   Becca Cosmetics is recalled its Light Shifter Brightening Concealer.   All shades are being recalled since mold was discovered on the applicators of some units.   If you have this product, return it to the point of purchase for a refund.   You may conduct an online chat with the company at beccacosmetics.com .   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/SS29i0B3sXo   Coronavirus patients fighting for their lives on ventilators were twice as likely to survive if they received blood thinning drugs as part of their therapy.   Researchers at New York City’s giant Mt. Sinai Hospital system now report their analysis of 2,773 CoVid-infected patients.   Twenty-eight percent received powerful therapeutic blood thinning regime...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/iHbZjH6qC2c   The Essential Trading Post is recalling its Wintergreen and Birch Essential Oils.   These products contain potentially poisonous methyl salicylate in non-child-resistant packaging.   If you have children in your home or children visiting, this is a risk for accidental poisoning.   Return the product to the point of purchase for a refund.   You may reach...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/bnw4P45rh-A   Listen up. CoVid19 is deadly and everywhere in the air and on every surface.   It's in many of us who don’t know we carry it.   If you have it, it's on your breath, in your saliva, and in, pardon, your shit. If you want to survive and avoid killing your spouse, mother, sister, brother, or your child, do everything to avoid catching CoVid.   Wash hands co...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/7EuS0BPgQiA   Medifast of Baltimore is recalling its Optavia Essential Old Fashioned Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal.   This product contains traces of undeclared milk.   Even tiny amounts of milk may trigger life-threatening allergic reactions in milk-sensitive individuals.   If you have this product, destroy it.   Contact Medifast at 1-888-678-2842 for additional inform...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Nlw2NR1XSAM   A global epidemiological study reveals a significant correlation between lower than optimal Vitamin D levels and both numbers of CoVid infections as well as deaths attributed to the virus.   British researchers focused on data from 20 European countries tabulating published average Vitamin D levels and CoVid statistics from each.   Serum vitamin D levels...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/yyCHg5eQEcA   When composing tweet, texts, and answering surveys, you tend to reveal more private, confidential information on your smartphone than on your desktop computer.   University of Pennsylvania researchers report this conclusion from their analysis of more than 369,00 tweets, nearly 20,000 call-to-action web ads, and 10,000 restaurant reviews.   The investiga...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-WYaCiYoGSY   Here’s yet another reason to wash your hands more obsessively after using any toilet.   Fifty-three percent of CoVid positive hospitalized Chinese patients also had viral RNA in their stool as well as in their nasal and oropharyngeal samples.   CoVid in the gastrointestinal tract was not age-dependent as evidence of virus was found in subjects from 10 mo...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-4BkGgnnZe4   A bioengineered two-headed antibody constructed from a llama antibody to the SARS coronavirus prevents the CoVid19 virus from attaching to and infecting cells.   Virologists at the University of Texas-Austin worked for years on llama antibodies to SARS and MERS viruses and now report a way to repurpose them for our current coronavirus.   The llama anti-S...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/MVh9P7Y95GE   In small room or office where a person asymptomatically carrying the CoVid virus has been breathing or occasionally coughing, there may be anywhere from 100,000 to 100 billion copies of live virus hanging in the air to infect you.   This from a pre-published Swiss study just released online.   Coughing but also normal breathing generates aerosols that wa...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ArVsNnN7w1c   Mondelez Global LLC is voluntarily recalling its Ritz Cheese Cracker Sandwiches Family Size (21.6 oz. carton). The carton is mislabeled indicating a cheese cracker within when in fact the product is a peanut butter sandwich.   The outer carton indicates that the product may contain peanuts but not that it is all peanut butter.   It contains 16 individual...