Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSD09_pDBtL/ These units tip over if not anchored to a wall creating entrapment hazards that can lead to serious injury or even death for children. The affected dressers are marked with identifiers B0D62S9H39, B0D62TCKD7, B0D62SQC6Q, and B0D62VBGZG. About 4,120 dressers were sold through Amazon.com between September 2024 and October 2025. Stop filling and usin...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSD0Hg0F3cu/ The button-cell battery compartment readily opens violating the mandatory toy safety standard and creates a risk of serious injury or death should your child swallow the battery. The recall covers all color sets and sizes that use this defective compartment. About 10,380 of these writing tablet sets were sold through Amazon.com between September 2...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSDzPi3kUp3/ The lithium-ion battery in these power banks overheat and ignite creating fire and burn hazards. Affected are units with serial numbers 000G21, 000H21, 000I21, and 000L21. About 210,000 of these powerbanks were sold through Amazon.com between August 2021 and April 2022. Stop recharging and using these recalled power banks. They should go to INIU’s...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBTBdjADuG/ Infants developing RSV during the first 6 months of life are more than three times more likely to develop bronchial asthma later on.  This the result of a retrospective Belgian study of nearly 1.5 million children published in the journal Science Immunology . The data showed that infants born to parents without a history of asthma and admitted to...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBSUohFMwh/ A weight loss pill called “Molecule,”going viral on social media overseas, contains the banned substance sibutramine that boosts your risk of heart attack and stroke.  The Molecule pills are touted as “natural” containing dandelion root, fennel seeds, and black tea.  Lab analyses of the pills proves that they contain the sibutramine which was bann...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBRdaZDbf6/ Acute myeloid leukemia kills at least 11,000 Americans each year, and Caroline Kennedy’s daughter, Tatiana Schlossberg is currently fighting this challenging disease.  AML as well as other leukemias and lymphomas is frequently resistant to chemotherapy regimens that include the otherwise effective drug venetoclax. Rutgers University oncologists no...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBQslfDzAp/ Effective pain-killing can be fraught with complications.  The non-narcotic NSAIDs like ibuprofen and aspirin irritate gastrointestinal linings, trigger ulcers, and cause bleeding.  The narcotics carry the risk of addiction. Is there a better approach?  Neuroscientists at Tulane University and the University of Texas-Dallas think so.  Studying how...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBPxskDW56/ Organ transplantation is a miracle for those with failing kidneys, hearts, or livers.  With those transplants comes the need for lifelong immunosuppression and the risk of infection as well as graft failure due to an immune attack. With the hope of eliminating the need for this immunosuppression, Stanford transplant immunologists and developmental...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBOuigCYAJ/ We know that repeated head trauma damages the brain leading to dementia and ultimately death, the consequences of so-called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE. The mechanism of damage is known to be brain bouncing against the hard skull.  A new study from radiologists at the University of Alabama, the Cleveland Clinic, and the University of A...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBN4G3jV3O/ Exercising is the best thing you can do to maintain health. Breathing polluted air while doing so cuts exercise’s benefits by more than half.  Chinese and British sports and behavioral science researchers performed a meta-analysis of data from nearly 2.4 million subjects followed for 10 years and published their results in SpringerNatureLink.  Whi...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBM6S-jkSM/ Lazy eye or amblyopia typically begins in childhood when one eye develops decreased vision.  It can occur due to poor eye alignment, so-called cross-eyes or strabismus, or due to the affected eye being not capable of focusing due to excessive near- or far-sightedness.  The accepted fact is that, once an eye shuts down, there is no way to recover t...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSBMDqqgF_0/ The blood-brain barrier is a protective shield that keeps blood-borne toxins out of your brain.  It is also a barrier that keeps lifesaving cancer drugs from destroying brain cancers. Columbia University pediatric oncologists have found a non-invasive way open the gates for beneficial therapy. The researchers tested focused ultrasound on three chi...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSA_9pGDRpS/ A major challenges faced by oncologists treating brain cancers such as the deadly glioblastoma is transporting agents across the blood-brain barrier to sites within the brain.   The barrier protects delicate brain tissues from toxins and pathogens, but it also interferes with life-saving medical therapy.  Now neurosurgeons at Washington University...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DSA_CtfGOTk/ Excessive sitting can be lethal.  It reduces healthy blood vessel widening, so-called flow-mediated vascular dilatation.  Even a 1% decrease in this vessel stretching is associated with a 13% increased risk for heart disease and stroke. University of Birmingham rehabilitation researchers now publish a study in The Journal of Physiology demonstrati...

Kroger’s Boar’s Head Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese Has Listeria Contamination Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRyteSxDA_K/c Listeria causes a severe and sometimes fatal systemic infection in the very young, older frail individuals, and those with weakened immune systems.  Listeria can also trigger miscarriages and stillbirths.  The affected grated pecorino Romano and grated Romano cheese ite...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRys7VhjezH/ Affected is milk with code date DEC08 and plant code PLT19-145. About 320 gallons of this tainted milk were sold at Woodman’s stores in Illinois, including Bloomingdale, Buffalo Grove, Carpentersville, Lakemoor, North Aurora, and Rockford, and in Wisconsin, including Appleton, Beloit, Green Bay, Janesville, Kenosha, Madison, Menomonee Falls, Oak C...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRysT2mjmMz/ The Cookie Butter Holiday Bark contains undeclared pecans and Pecan, Cranberry & Cinnamon Holiday Bark contains undeclared wheat.  Both products have the lot number 29225 with Best By dates of May, 2026 for the Cookie Butter Holiday Bark and August, 2026 for the Pecan, Cranberry & Cinnamon Holiday Bark.. These Holiday Bark products were so...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRyrqxsDE9m/ Listeria causes a severe and sometimes fatal systemic infection in the very young, older frail individuals, and those with weakened immune systems.  Listeria can also trigger miscarriages and stillbirths. These cheeses were sold nationwide to retail stores between November 3 and November 20, 2025. Do not eat these recalled cheeses and return it to...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRyrAtaDlbB/ Listeria causes a severe and sometimes fatal systemic infection in the very young, older frail individuals, and those with weakened immune systems.  Listeria can also trigger miscarriages and stillbirths.  This cheese was sold at Wegmans stores in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, V...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRyqZfIDcKB/ The platform inside the tower can collapse leading to falls and injuries for young children. The recalled units include model number LP01711 with date codes from 202409 through 202501. About 9,780 of these learning towers were sold at Walmart stores and online at Walmart.com, Amazon.com, Littlepartners.com, Etsy.com, Wayfair.com, Goodbyegear.com,...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRypxSeFKTd/ When the rails are attached to a bed, occupants become entrapped within the rail or between the rail and the mattress leading to asphyxiation and death. The rails also lack required hazard warning labels. Affected are 6 models: BC-CBJ-X, BC-CBJ, BC-LDFS-X, LDFS-SSK, 04-BC-LDFS, and BC-LDFS. About 81,050 bed rails were sold on Amazon.com from June...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRypGuQGFBw/ The affected baby loungers include the following:  Alinux; Sofoliana and Glotika; and Macardac.  These baby loungers violate the mandatory safety standard for infant sleep products with sides that are too low, foot openings that are too wide, and a lack of stands all of which create serious entrapment and fall hazards with infant injuries and deat...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRyodpBFb4g/ These stoves unpredictably explode or catch fire creating serious burn and fire hazards. Affected is model number BG2247A1. About 201,000 camping stoves were sold at Walmart stores and online at Walmart.com from March 2023 through October 2025. Stop using these recalled stoves and return them to any Walmart retail store for a full refund. For addi...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRym_97leXd/ These helmets fail the positional stability and coverage tests leading to risks of serious injury or death from head injury. The recall covers helmet model OM-TD BIKE, lot 05/2024, and model OM-KSKB, lot 11/2022. About 24,300 helmets were sold online at Amazon.com and Walmart.com from June 2024 through February 2025. Immediately stop using these h...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DRYGS8GjpH_/ Food Safety 1. If you’re planning on turkey, thaw your frozen turkey safely • In the refrigerator 24 hours per 4–5 lbs • Never leave the uncooked turkey on the bare counter — bacteria grow quickly at room temp.  2. Don’t wash your turkey • Washing spreads bacteria around the kitchen. 3. Cook your turkey to a safe internal temperature • Use your th...