Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/8eMXEqLnWOc   Our lethargic US government is finally moving on coronavirus vaccines to the tune of $1 billion.   BARDA, the Biomedical Advances Research and Development Authority, part of the Health and Human Services agency, has signed contracts to develop and manufacture a vaccine.     Moderna, a biotech company that has a vaccine candidate, has begun testing it.   BA...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/oEI5jizWH1A   Simmering in a daily hot bath may reduce your risk of all cardiovascular disease by 28% and of stroke by 26%.   A study of some 30,000 adults over a 30 year period was just published in the British Medical Journal.   The data revealed the benefit of hot water versus warm water for cardiovascular disease but not for strokes.   We know from other studies tha...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/b-CoCrm9xfg   Winter Gardens Quality Foods is recalling its Whole Foods Market Vodka Sauce due to undeclared milk in the product.   The affected lot is 20057.   Those with milk allergies could develop a severe or life-threatening allergic reaction to the product.   This sauce was sold in AZ, CA, CT, FL, HI, ME, MA. NV, NH, NJ, NY, and RI.   Return this product to the...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/YzPJIV_573Q   The numbers from China, the only country that has begun to emerge from their CoVid19 epidemic, show that a plague resurgence seems unlikely.   The risk depends on population size and   density for any given area as well as the rigor of personal protection measures.   Mathematicians analyzed numbers of new cases in 13 cities or provinces and calculated pr...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/fT3x9m-CuSo   For every 1 degree Fahrenheit temperature increase, there appears to be a 7% reduction in CoVid19 transmissibility.   This from a University of Chicago and UC Santa Barbara study of nearly 167,000 coronavirus cases from 134 countries.   There appear to be no affects on viral spread of changes in humidity or levels of precipitation.   Based on this data,...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/ZrOvE10t_D0   Last week in several reports I detailed the complex relationship between the angiotensin system and our current coronavirus.   A new, in-depth analysis of this relationship from collaborators at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Glasgow was just published in the New England Journal of Medicine .   Th...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/dF2PiV88UfY   The handles on these pitcher may sudden fracture creating a laceration hazard.   Stop using the pitcher and contact the company at 1-800-451-8217 for a full refund.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Crate-and-Barrel-Recalls-Glass-Pitchers-Due-to-Laceration-Hazard   #recall #crateandbarrel #pitcher #glass #laceration  

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/4-WniVYZog4   These walkers, model number X002,   fail to meet federal safety standards.   They fit through a standard door but have no safeguards that enable them to stop at the edge of a stair.   They also have leg openings large enough to entrap a child’s head at the neck.   These deficiencies can lead to serious injuries, falls, or death.   Do not allow your baby...

x Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/StE8YcHckFs   Kids Concepts is recalling Lilly of New York Children’s Winter Boots due to toxic lead levels in this product.   This boot is sold exclusively on zulily.com .   Don’t permit children to wear them, and contact the company at 1-888-359-1322 for a replacement or refund.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Lilly-of-New-York-Childrens-Winter-Boots-Recalled-by...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/eyzNKsNan_E   Thule is recalling its car seat adapters.   The plastic brackets on this product may break and pose a fall hazard to infants.   Stop using this product and contact the company for a replacement or a refund by calling 1-855-652-2688.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Thule-Recalls-Thule-Sleek-Car-Seat-Adapters-Due-to-Fall-Hazard   #recall #thule #carada...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/5DPOPsDT6fc   Grizzly Industrial is recalling it Children’s Tool Kits for lead and toy safety violations.   The tool belt, hammer, and suspenders contain excessive lead.   The toy goggles and hard hats fail to meet US toy safety standards.   Stop using these toys and contact Grizzly for instructions about returning them for a full refund.   Call 1-888-615-7944.   http...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/2S43UFK2S1Q   Kawasaki USA has two recalls on its Off-Highway Utility Vehicles.   Recall #1 is for steering shaft defect leading to excessive wear, loss of steering control, and a crash hazard. Recall #2 is due to a fire hazard due to two defects.   Debris falling on the vehicles exhaust manifold may ignite.   Frozen water can block the vehicle’s breather hose permitt...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/cisBEkcOKHE   Woom Bikes USA is recalling its bike due to a defective front fork.   It can loosen and detach leading to a fall and injury.   Contact Woom for a free repair kit by calling 1-855-966-6872.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Woom-bikes-USA-Recalls-Bicycles-Due-to-Fall-and-Injury-Hazards-Recall-Alert   #recall #woom #bicycle

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/JAqMDvfE6wI   A slew of products have been recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission this week since they fail to meet child safety standards.   These include: — Plant Therapy’s Wintergreen Essential Oils and Essential Oil Blends with Wintergreen — Earth Sonnets Wintergreen Essential Oil — Earthroma Wintergreen Essential Oil — Belle Chemical Sodium and Potass...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/caWeC8yVPFI   Tiffany Food Corporation of Brooklyn, NY is recalling its Huanfushanzen Huang Mountain Tea Mushroom dried mushrooms.   This product may contain undeclared sulfites.   Those will a sulfite sensitivity or allergy may develop a severe reaction after eating this product. Product was sold in FL, OH, CA, and MA. Return this product to the store for a full refu...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/HLkdVvOkQzE   Guan’s Mushroom Co. of Calfornia is   recalling its Enoki Mushrooms from Korea.   These may well be contaminated with Listeria .   If you eat contaminated product, you are likely to develop a severe, life=threatening gastrenteritis, and that’s particularly likely if you are very young, old, or have a weakened immune system.   Even young, healthy individu...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Y26LDEEM0Kg   Coronavirus infected individuals do not shed live virus in their tears.   Researchers at Singapore’s National University Hospital studied 17 patients with the virus.   Their tears were disease free by both viral cultures and RP-PCR genetic tests.   At the same time, their noses and throats were swarming with infectious CoVid19.   While you can’t spread v...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/NQxpwpddiYs   Those pretzels, chips, and pasta sauce may weaken your immune defenses against bacteria and viruses including CoVid19.   Immunologists at Germany’s University of Bonn trace the effects of your liberal self-shaking on your host defenses.   When you eat abundant salt, your kidneys seek to flush it out to maintain a safe concentration around your cells.   I...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/98zOq9ZpG9M   TPA, the clot busting tissue plasminogen activator that rescues heart attack and stroke patients, may help ventilator-dependent CoVid19 patients in respiratory failure.   Researchers at MIT, Harvard teaching hospitals, and the University of Colorado believe that TPA can prevent extensive blood clotting that exacerbates CoVid19 patients’ respiratory failu...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/q66mLjoY-r4   Tocilizumab, a Genentech-Roche drug marketed as Actemra for autoimmune arthritis and cytokine storms induced by CAR-T cell cancer therapy, did successfully squelch CoVid19 immune storm in a preliminary Chinese study.   Researchers there treated 20 patients with severe and critical disease in risk of dying.   The patients received a 9 day course of the dr...

Lindt Excellence 85% Cocoa Chocolate Recalled Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/SlUff4Zowzs   Lindt and Sprüngli USA is voluntarily recalling its Lindt Excellence 85% Cocoa chocolate bars due to improper packaging and labeling.   The product in the wrapper is actually Lindt Excellent Dark Carmel Sea Salt bars.   This contains milk and soy.   Those who have allergies to either may develop and allergic re...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Qh5-66RULws   Mountain Rose Herbs is voluntarily recalling its Organic Kudzu Root Herbal Supplement.   This product may have Salmonella contamination.   This bacterium can product a severe gastroenteritis or get into the bloodstream and induce sepsis with heart valve infection, blood vessel infection, or septic arthritis.   The Lots involved are #24247-X and #24247.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/9esH8xR_GNA   Elevators: Space on larger elevators and face the wall but don’t lean against it.   If you’re the third on a smaller residential elevator, wait for the next one.   Families count as one if they fit on one wall.   Knuckles, elbows or probes on the buttons please.   Out and about:   In a line? Space 6-10 feet away and get off the line if someone is coughin...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/gBCsEskhjLE   Soap, any kind of soap, disintegrates coronavirus by pulverizing its outer lipid-protein envelope.   It’s fast, and 20-30 seconds in contact with soapy water should do it.   My routine: rubbing with bar or soft soap and water for 20 seconds (2 happy birthday songs) and then leave the soapy water for another 20 seconds.   Don't forget to use soapy water o...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/eL_nvp4v6IY   Why is a ventilator, or a vent as we docs call it, so complicated and expensive.   Isn’t just a pump to drive oxygenated air into a patient’s lungs?   Its pump is electronically controlled to control the numbers of respirations per minute, the volume of air in each respiration, and the percentage of added oxygen.   The ventilator can assist natural breat...