Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Weber Metal Wire Bristle Grill Brushes are an ingestion hazard. Small metal wire bristles can detach from the brushes, stick to food, and cause serious internal injuries. Affected: model numbers 6277, 6278, 6463, 6464, 6493, and 6494. About 3.2 million brushes were sold at Lowe’s, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and Target, and online at Amazon and Weber.com from 2011 through 2026. Stop using these reca...

Dupray Neat Steam Cleaners have exploding boilers leading to serious injuries and burns.. The steam cleaner’s boiler can rupture if it is overfilled, corroded, and the pressure release valve malfunctions. Affected: model number DUP020WNA with batch/date codes 0118-01 through 0425-05. About 651,145 steam cleaners were sold in the US and about 96,530 were sold in Canada online at dupray.com and in s...

Concord 360 Degree Rechargeable Light-Up Bike Helmets Are Unsafe. These helmets violate the mandatory safety standard for bicycle helmets as they fail to comply with retention system and positional stability requirements.  About 40,245 helmets were sold at Walmart stores nationwide and online at Walmart.com from January 2025 through September 2025. Stop using the recalled helmets and contact Todso...

Somgem Lightweight Tiny Pinky Pig and Yomin Toilet Lighters are risks to children. The lighters violate the mandatory standard for cigarette lighters because they lack required child-resistant mechanisms and also fail to meet pre-market safety submission requirements.  About 11,710 lighters were sold at Amazon.com from July 2022 through November 2025. Stop using these recalled lighters and contact...

Evajoy 48-inch And taller Above-ground Pools are drowning hazards. The compression strap that surrounds the outside of the pool legs creates a foothold allowing a child access the pool and drown. Affected: models EJ-HF032, EJ-HF044, and EJ-HF045. About 4,000 pools were sold at Amazon.com from March 2023 through June 2024. Stop using these pools and ontact Evajoy at 1-888-846-2988 or via email at s...

The Babysense Max View Baby Monitors can overheat or spark while charging creating fire and burn risks. Affected: model number VBM55RX. About 81,800 monitors were sold online at Amazon.com, Walmart.com, and babylist.com from January 2023 through December 2025. Stop using these baby monitors and contact Hisense at 1-833-689-2652 for by email at  support@recallsecure.com  for a free, safe replacemen...

High Bay Linear LED Light Fixtures are fire hazards. The retaining pins used to secure the LED board inside some units degrades allowing the board to come loose and start a fire. About 186,520 of these fixtures were sold at LED Indy, Universal Lighting of America, Inc., and Independent Lighting as well as online from January 2016 through June 2025. Stop using these recalled High Bay Linear LED lig...

Royal Oak Flame Saber Lighters are not child-safe. They create risks of serious injury or death from fire and burns. About 190,560 lighters were sold at Lowe’s, Home Depot, Tractor Supply, Rural King, and Ace Hardware stores, as well as online at Lowes.com, HomeDepot.com, TractorSupply.com, RuralKing.com, and AceHardware.com from November 2023 through October 2025. Stop using these recalled lighte...

KiddoSpace Children’s Flashcard Talking Toys contain toxic levels of lead and phthalate. They also violate the federal short-circuit protection standard for battery-operated toys.  About 4,000 toys were sold at TheKiddoSpaceStore.com and Amazon.com from October 2023 through February 2025. Stop allowing your children to use these recalled toys. To obtain a free replacement of animal-shaped toys, wr...

Tubby Tots Fizzy Flask Bath Magic Bath Foam Sets can explode since moisture trapped inside the container builds pressure and cause pieces to be forcefully ejected when opened. The affected lot is batch number 082025. About 9,400 sets were sold in the US and about 600 additional units sold in Canada at Amazon.com, wonderfunbrands.com, and TikTokShop@Wonderfun_Brands from November 2025 through Janua...

Trankerloop Baby Bath Seats create a risk of serious injury or death from drowning because the seats are unstable and can tip over during use, violating mandatory safety standards. Affected model is labeled “PLASTIC STOOL” and “Model: YD-1958.” About 2,380 bath seats were sold at Amazon.com from August 2025 through October 2025. Stop using these recalled bath seats and contact Trankerloop at 1-405...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DVMiQvSjXbc/ Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the US. This cancer is on the rise among people who have never smoked, and more women than men are affected.  It’s a distinct disease that demands its own screening strategy. That’s the warning from investigators at University College London, published in the journal Trends in Cancer . Their con...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DVMh-JLjONk/ Regenerative nanomedicine researchers now report the successful regrowth of spinal cord nerve fibers while minimizing the interference of scar tissue. This from Northwestern University and published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering . Investigators there engineered millimeter-scale human spinal cord organoids from stem cells and incorpo...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DVMhrgcjtgO/ Neuroscientists at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center report that the neural support cell, the astrocyte, plays a crucial role in spinal cord healing following injury.  The publish their preclinical mouse study in the journal Nature . The astrocyte senses a cord injury whether near or far and releases a protein signal known as CCN1. CCN1 the...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DVMhbjwkUaq/ Exercise protects your brain from Alzheimer’s dementia by strengthening your brain’s natural defense mechanisms. That’s the finding of a collaborative preclinical study by neuroscientists at University of California San Francisco and Duke University. The results are published in the journal Cell . Using aging mice the equivalent of 70 human years,...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DVMhLW0DgZa/ A simple wrist-worn wearable device predicts when depression could hit, and it does so weeks to months before symptoms appear. That’s according to psychiatrists at McMaster University, with findings published in JAMA Psychiatry. Their study followed 93 Canadian adults with histories of major depression. Each wore an actigraphy-based wrist device,...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DVMg57wD-s3/ Medical science has reached a new height. We now have the first wearable device that can actually measure human flatulence, farts, in real time. The research fartologists are actually University of Maryland cell and molecular biologists who now publish their gaseous findings in the journal Biosensors and Bioelectronics . Their study tested “smart...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DVMgqu8jx5R/ Autism is considered a condition that mostly affects boys. A new Swedish study concludes that, by early adulthood, autism diagnoses in males and females are nearly equal. This research now appears in The British Medical Journal . This observational study tracked 2.7 million Swedes born between 1985 and 2022 and followed for up to 37 years. For mal...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DVMgWsMmDEm/ Sugary drinks are linked to higher anxiety levels in teens and twenty somethings. That’s the finding from food science researchers at Britain’s Bournemouth University published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics . Their meta-analysis of 9 on-point studies collectively studying thousands of adolescents demonstrates that higher consumpt...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DVMgF3-Diz3/ Three out of four surgical patients admit they don’t complete their prescribed physical therapy homework. Problem is: that omission stalls their recovery. That’s according to data from a SSRS probability-based national survey analyzed by  rehabilitation specialists at the Ohio State University.  The survey of 1,006 U.S. adults with prescribed ther...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DVMfya2jeMp/ Insulin-dependent Type 1 diabetics cut their daily insulin requirement by consuming a low-fat vegan diet.  This the finding of a new study from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine published in the journal BMC Nutrition.     The study analyzed data from 58 type 1 diabetics randomly assigned to consume either a vegan or a portion-controlle...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DU9Bo8yj7q8/ These tablets contain significantly more of the active ingredient 7-hydroxymitragynine, than the declared value of 7.5 milligrams per tablet. Use and overuse of this agent causes addiction, anxiety, depression, gastrointestinal distress, insomnia, seizures and withdrawal symptoms. Affected is Lot B# AAW.501.3. These recalled tablets were sold nati...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DU9BIiIEUGh/ These fake versions of this supplement contain undeclared tadalafil, the generic for Cialis, a prescription drug that can cause dangerous drops in blood pressure and other serious side effects for those taking nitrate medications such as nitroglycerin. Affected: counterfeit product labeled with the bogus lot number LOT308EXP03/28. These counterfei...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DU9ArTgDvIX/ Salmonella causes serious and sometimes fatal gastrointestinal and systemic infections in young children, in elderly persons, and in others with weakened immune systems.  Affected: multiple lots of 60-count bottles with expiration dates from March 2027 through November 2027 including 5020591-6, 5030246-51, 5040270-79, 5050053-56, 5060069-80, 50800...

Vidcast:   https://www.instagram.com/p/DU9APP7DinQ/ This baby food contains elevated levels of patulin, a fungal  mycotoxin that appears in contaminated fruit. Affected: lot 07174 with a Best By date of July 17, 2026 and a package code of INIA0120. This recalled baby food was sold in all states but Alaska , as well as in Guam and Puerto Rico . Do not feed this recalled baby food to your child and...