Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8z7Tw5O05J/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Rooms-To-Go are recalling Cedona Natural View six-drawer dressers, model 33117082.  These tall, inherently unstable dressers tip over and fall if not anchored to the wall leading to entrapment with injuries and possible death for children.  These dressers fail to comply with federal safety standards. Abou...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8z6j0httZm/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Orly Corporation now recall Lavender Scented Candles sold exclusively at Cracker Barrel stores.  These 3 wick candles can burn so intensely that they set the candle’s wooden bowl on fire leading to burns or worse. About 3600 candles were sold at Cracker Barrel stores. Stop lighting these dangerous can...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8z55mjRf3k/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Head Rush Technologies are recalling Trueblue iQ Auto Belay Devices.  This device fails to retract and hold a climber safely leading to falls, serious injuries, and possible death.  About 2,200 devices were sold in the US and about 254 were sold in Canada online at headrushtech.com. Climbers should stop u...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8z5QPDsprO/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Stylecraft are recalling Instinct Professional Vector Motor Cordless Hair Clippers.  This appliance overheats creating fire and burn hazards. About 50,000 of these clippers were sold in the US and about 1,320 were sold in Canada at professional beauty supply stores nationwide and online at stylecraftus.co...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8zzaFctp8c/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Goal Zero are recalling Yeti Link Expansion Modules and EC8 Cables.  They overheat and melt leading to fire and burn hazards. About 34,460 units were sold in the US and about 815 were sold in Canada at REI, Bass Pro, Batteries Plus, Scheels, and Sportsman's Warehouse stores nationwide, and online at G...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8zx3BQRSbs/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Vitamix announce a repeat recall of Vitamix Ascent® Series and Venturist® Series 8-ounce and 20-ounce Blending Containers and Blade Bases.  These containers separate from the blade bases, exposing the blades, and creating laceration hazards. About 569,000 of these units were sold in the US and about 121,9...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8zxHr-PR9r/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the my charge company are recalling myCharge POWER HUB All-In-One 10,000mAh portable chargers. They overheat while charging leading to fire and burn hazards. About 567,000 chargers were sold at Costco stores and online at Costco.com. Stop charging and using these chargers and contact myCharge at 888-251-2...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8zwcLSMdMq/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and MM Products now recall JoyJolt Drinkware Declan Single-Wall Glass Coffee Mugs.  Filling them with hot drinks leads to cracking with burns and lacerations. About 580,000 of these mugs were sold online at amazon.com and on.joyjolt.com. Stop using these coffee mugs and and contact MM Products at 888-569-5680...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8zvt_-gQKh/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Cinmar are recalling all Cinmar Frontgate Resort Collection Newport Aluminum Chaises.  Adjusting the backrest while seated can lead to it suddenly falling and amputate your fingers. About 70,000 of these chaises were sold at Frontgate stores in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas, and online...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8zu60SslG0/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission snd MGA Entertainment have recalled Miniverse Make It Mini Sets that fabricate mini appliances, food, and lifestyle items due to resins in the sets that contain dangerous  acrylate chemicals in violation of federal regulations governing children’s’ toys. About 21 million of these sets were sold at Target, Wal...

A nose spray could reverse early Alzheimer’s  Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8qtL3vNsA-/ Alzheimer’s dementia develops as brain cells, neurons, progressively lose the ability to communicate.  That occurs when a complex reaction involving the tau protein depletes the micro-bubbles, technically synaptic vesicles, that carry the neurotransmitters necessary for cell to cell communication.  Now...

•Instead of a blood stick use your sweat Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8qsViRRAge/ If you sweat having to go to the lab for a blood draw, that sweat may come in handy.  Bioengineers at the Washington State University have successfully 3D printed a flexible patch with multiple micro channels that facilitate unique single-atom catalyst-based colorimetric bioassays for up to 3 biomarkers fou...

•Sensitive blood biopsy detects cancer and its recurrences earlier Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8qrkwgAyZS/ Using spinal fluid and blood, liquid biopsies are under rapid development to improve cancer therapy.  Geneticists at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have perfected an ultra-sensitive, machine-learning liquid biopsy technique for detecting and analyzing cancer DNA...

•Testing cerebral spinal fluid, CSF, for brain cancer genes avoids brain biopsies Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8qqy5zN10a/ Modern cancer chemo- and immunotherapy requires genetic analysis of a patient’s cancer cells and is called precision or personalized therapy.  In the case of brain cancer, open biopsies to obtain tissue for gene testing is invasive and time-consuming.  Harvard neuros...

•3D biopsies could detect cancer earlier Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8qqE3Bp96U/ Johns Hopkins pathologists have developed a novel three dimensional tissue biopsy method.  Conventional biopsies are two dimensional, but the Hopkins researchers computer-aggregated the images from hundreds of sequential tissue layers to produce a 3D picture of tissues.  This technique is similar to that ut...

•High tech stool test could save you a colonoscopy Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8qpILUM7wd/ I’ve mentioned the FIT test in past reports.  The letters stand for fecal immunological test, a screening test that detects the presence of blood hemoglobin in stool.  The FIT is a Yes/No test, and if it’s YES, it’s time for a colonoscopy.  Now Taiwanese investigators report in JAMA that a sensiti...

•Future insulin may be sensitive to blood sugar levels Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8p83oENKLZ/ The insulin of today must be injected in accordance with a diabetic person’s current and expected blood sugar levels.  The insulin molecules of the future may regulate themselves according to the amounts of sugar in the blood surrounding them permitting the injection of a constant amount of dr...

•Low back pain?  Better get on the hoof Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8p7kl3Oupw/ So your lower back is killing you.  Eighty percent of Americans not only feel your pain but also have it.  Australian physical medicine researchers suggest that a regular walking program could help you.  In a randomized trial, they tested about 700 subjects with documented, significant back pain.  The treatm...

•The butterflies in your stomach can dissolve food Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8p6v9qRXVP/ Study after study now show that there is a strong connection between your gut and your brain.  The latest evidence support that link come from psychologists  at Rome’s Sapienza University.  The researchers trigger strong emotions in their 30 subjects by showing them videos that triggered disgust,...

Nuts may help you lose weight  Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8p58YXJZAk/ When you diet to take off those pounds, you want you food plan to work as effectively as possible.  When you deprive yourself of those foods you love, you want to do so for as short a period of time as necessary.  Enter Australian nutritionists who find that nuts do both.  Their meta-analysis of 7 on-point studies re...

Wolfing down that fast food might make you more anxious Vidcast:   https://www.instagram.com/p/C8p4cnQubTL/ Bad news for the Big Mac and fries fans.  University of Colorado-Boulder physiologists report that a high fat diet, 45% of calories in fat, triggers anxiety, at least in their rodent subjects but very likely also in humans.  The extra fats appear to turn on genes that produce the neurotransm...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8L7RsdsOGL/ The Food and Drug Administration and Suntegrity Skincare are recalling multiple shades of Suntegrity Impeccable Skin Sunscreen Foundation due to fungal contamination with an aspergillus species.  Recalled are lots 115BU, 107IV, 107NU, 109NU, 117BU, 113SA, 114SA, 106BR, and 101MO. Do not use this sunscreen skin product.  Return the product to your...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8L6YrcsKBM/ The Food and Drug Administration and Classic Delight LLC are recalling a raft of ready to eat sandwiches, subs, muffins, burgers, waffles, bagels and biscuits under the Classic Delight, Nutrisystemm and Wakefiel brands.  Reason is that these items are contaminated with listeria monocytogenes. This bacterium causes a severe and sometimes fatal syst...

Vids https://www.instagram.com/p/C8L5uDmpccy/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Daikin Comfort Technologies now recall Amana, Daikin, and Goodman branded air conditioning and heat pump units.  The information plates on these units misstate the electrical ratings leading to dangerously incorrect wiring and fires. About 12,100 units have been sold. Immediately contact Daikin at 833-324-...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8L5BOkNZGf/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Southern Telecom now recall Lomi Roll-On Waxing Kits.  The roll-on warmers in these kits can overheat creating fire, burn, and shock hazards. About 19,500 of these kits were sold at Ross, DD's, Bealls, and Burlington stores nationwide. Stop using these kits and contact Southern Telecom at 888-959-0944...