Dr. Howard Smith Reports

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/0WNk_nLAHOA   London’s Smiths Group, a major ventilator manufacturer, is ramping up its own production to make an additional 30,000 over the coming months.   The company is helping other companies across the globe so that other nations may ramp up ventilator manufacturing.     How about in the US?   A Washington state ventilator manufacturer VENTEC will partner with G...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/AMGmbjdWo-o   The CoVid19 virus uses the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 or ACE2 as a binding site to human cells in the lungs, heart, and kidneys.   The angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) used to lower blood pressure increase ACE2 levels and may be able to diminish the damage the virus creates in vital organs.   Clinicians from China and India observe that the ARB...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/5E2waVcfjJg   The pain killer Ibuprofen, Advil and Motrin, along with angiotensin blood pressure lowering drugs may allow CoVid19 to more easily infect and possibly kill you.     Ibuprofen and other NSAIDS are anti-inflammatory drugs that increase the angiotensin enzyme that facilitates virus binding to human respiratory lining cells.   Patients with severe CoVid infe...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/IHwvx_cgwDQ   Genetic analysis of the novel coronavirus CoVid19 conclusively shows it was not genetically engineered to become a biological agent in a political or economic war.   The evidence just published in the journal Nature is compelling enough to convince all but the most stubborn science deniers.   Studying longitudinal samples of the virus, the virus’ overall...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/3Gtw86u2CcY   We must band together to flatten the CoVid19 curve, and most of us will be working from home if work is possible.   My son Dave, Business Insider’s Front Page Editor, offers these 5 tips to his BI colleagues and through me to you.   His credentials: he has been working remotely and successfully for 3 years.   Don’t forget to eat.   At the office, you hav...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/WtD2ata8B7k   American Honda is recalling its Portable Generators.   The inverter assembly may short circuit if salt water leaks in.   Should that happen, the unit will smoke and may catch fire.   About 340,000 units were sold in the US.   Immediately stop using those generator.   Contact a local authorized Honda Power Equipment service center to schedule a free repai...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Pe8zlg-Y_sc   Once infected with the coronavirus, a patient could shed live and infectious virus for nearly 3 weeks.   Vietnamese researchers studied a 73 year old man admitted with a dry cough and difficulty breathing and diagnosed with a CoVid19 pneumonia.   Over an 8 day period, he improved clinically with what turned out to be a mild case.   Even so, longitudinal...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/qocFgfKcPIc   If you’re one of the 44% with type O blood, you are significantly less likely to become seriously infected with coronavirus.   If you have type A blood, you are much more likely to contract it.   Chinese investigators studied infected persons in Wuhan and in Shenzhen.   Type O persons had a 33% lower infection risk.   Type A persons had a 21% higher infe...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/-cTZbHQgBfI   CoVid19 remains viable in contaminated spray for up to 3 hours.   It can live on surfaces for up to 3 days.   This data, just reported in the New England Journal, comes from the NIH infectious disease unit in Montana.   The researchers tested the virus in 10 experimental scenarios.   The virus lived longest on plastics, 72 hours, and stainless steel, 48...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/8FGEP8dTIAY   AFC Distribution Corp. of Rancho Dominguez, California is voluntary recalling Cooked Butterfly Tail-On Whiteleg Shrimp, Lot #2019.10.02.   This shrimp may be found in various prepared sushi and other foods with sell-by dates ranging from 02/19/2020 to 03/13/2020.   The shrimp may be contaminated with Vibrio parahaemolyticus . This organism causes a sever...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/y45ok4Y3Lig   The good ole nausea drug, Compazine or prochlorperazine, prevents tumor cells from hiding surface receptors that immunotherapy drugs require for the kill.   Oncologists at Australia’s University of Queenland studied this receptor hiding process called endocytosis in both human cells and a mouse model.   Studying human squamous cell carcinoma cells, they ob...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/O3ptZogfbiU   A simple lab test, the serum ferritin level, can help diagnose a deadly hyper-stimulation of the immune system triggered by coronavirus.   Each hospitalized CoVid19 patient should have the test, but some docs aren’t aware of it.   Chinese investigators, treating CoVid19 patients in Wuhan, found that the 13 most severely affected compared with 27 having m...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/aONWORsgY5Y     When the language your employ in your social posts becomes more formal and, well irritated,   you likely have medical treatment or, worse, a hospital visit, just ahead.   This observation comes from a Stony Brook University and University of Pennsylvania study that analyzed, using artificial intelligence techniques, the Facebook posts and medical recor...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/eTOJda0q0qc   The coronavirus creates   lethal multi-organ damage in part by inducing an of the immune system hyperstimulation known as a cytokine storm.   Ironically, social isolation to halt the spread of the CoVid19 epidemic may make a cytokine storm worse.   A new British meta-analysis of 30 studies found a solid connection between social distancing and a rise in...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/PrZ_RedteMA   Kichler Lighting LLC of Cleveland OH is recalling its Kichler 52 inch LEDfly Ceiling Fans.   There are defective arms holding the blades, and they may spin off during use and cause injury or worse.   There have been 62 reports of the blade irons breaking and/or blues detaching.   These units have been sold at Lowe’s stores and online through lowes.com .  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/52yv1vdd9K8   Homestar North America of Dallas, TX is recalling its Finch 3 drawer dresser.   These units are unstable unless anchored to the wall.   They can fall over on children or pets causing severe injuries or death.   These units have been sold through amazon.com , hayneedle.com , overstock.com , walmart.com , and other online retailers.   If you have one of th...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/EGAwo-NBOzo   All tests for coronavirus look for CoVid19 genetic fingerprints in the cells captured relatively painlessly on a Q-tip from the nose or throat.   To fingerprint the genetic material from those cells, it is first multiplied and then probed using a test called reverse-transcriptase n polymerase chain reaction or PCR.   The genes in the patient material are...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/DNdn86GzpRk   WinCo Foods, LLC. of Boise, ID is recalling its Frozen Blackberries and Frozen Berry Medley.   Both products may be contaminated with Norovirus.   This highly contagious virus frequently causes cruise ship epidemics and triggers a severe gastroenteritis. The young, elders, or immunocompromised may have a critical infection.   The product was sold in WinC...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/2cAU8c-K0Cw   Even in a non-smoking theater, you breathe dangerous levels of tobacco-generated toxins carried in on clothing.   Environmental scientists at Yale measured levels of dangerous chemicals floating in the air during movies frequented by non-smokers versus flicks viewed by smokers.   Analyzing theater air by gas chromatography showed that more hazardous vola...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/yerTUeUS_8E   Yamaha has voluntarily recalled its Line 6 Relay G10 Digital Wireless Guitar System. And its charging cable.   The lithium battery may overheat forcing off the battery cover risking both fire and injuries.   If your have the unit, stop using it and call Yamaha at 1-877-865-4636 to obtain more information about a firmware fix for the unit and a replacemen...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/29wDas_xOXw   Pero Family Farms Food Company is voluntarily recalling its Zucchini Spiral Pesto Side Dish Kit.   This product contains undeclared egg and milk allergens.   Those allergic to these could suffer life-threatening reactions.   This product has been sold in: Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia.   Return the prod...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/q_ZpN3hEIr4   The Meijer Company is recalling its Mixed Nuts with Peanuts and Sea Salt product.   There are undeclared tree-nut allergens, Brazil nuts, contaminating the product.     Those with tree-nut or Brazil nut allergies should not consume this product.   A severe allergic reaction could be life-threatening.   The product as been sold by Meijer superstores in: M...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/x3Xy--faEb4   Sun Hong Foods of Montebello, CA is recalling its Enoki Mushrooms.   This product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.   Listeria causes serious, sometimes life-threatening illness in the young, old, ill, or immune-compromised.   The product was sold in CA, TX, OR, WA, TX, IL FL.     Return the product to the point of purchase or call the com...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/IGrRPbKKB2U   The veteran MAO inhibitor phenelzine, branded as Nardil, may help control recurrent prostatic cancer.   Oncologists at USC studied 20 prostatic cancer patients with persistently elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen, PSA, following definitive surgery or radiation therapy for prostatic cancer.   The men were treated with phenelzine 30 mg twice dail...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/cFniiZPEYsE   Warmer, drier weather in late spring and summer will only slow the coronavirus epidemic by some 18%.   This conclusion stems from a detailed study of CoVid19 infection spread in mainland China provinces that differ from each other in terms of average temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation.   Only a rise in average temperature and a drop in averag...