Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8L4W7wOogG/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Nap Queen Sleep have recalled. Nap Queen Sleep Victoria Hybrid Mattresses.  They fail to meet federal flammability standards for mattresses leading to fire and burn risks. About 117,200 of these mattresses have been sold at stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com, Walmart, Home Depot, Wayfair, Target,...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8L3kzGplyI/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Bambu Lab are recalling Bambu Lab A1 3D printers.  If this printer’s heatbed cable is bent or damaged, a short-circuit occurs with sparks and a burn the insulation layer with shock and fire hazards. About 12,800 printers were sold at Micro Center stores nationwide and online at us.store.bambulab.com. Stop...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8L2QXrO9oW/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Black & Decker are recalling Black and Decker CRAFTSMAN V20 Cordless Tillers/Cultivators.  Unclear assembly instructions can lead the user to attach the cutting portion of the units upside down leading to possible lacerations. Unclear assembly instructions can lead the user to attach the cutting porti...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8L1joDPxVr/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Spectrum Brands Pet Care are recalling FURminator deShedding Ultra Premium Dog Conditioner as these 1 gallon containers are contaminated with bacteria including Pseudomonas aeruginosa.  This bacterium is a serious risk for those with weak immune systems or medical device implants. About 102,000 bottles we...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8L00rOt3KM/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Good Earth Lighting are now recalling Good Earth Rechargeable Integrated Lights.  The batteries within the lights overheat and ignite the units elastic housing leading to fires and burns. More than 1.2 million of these lights were sold in the US and 37,800 were sold in Canada at at hardware and home impro...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8L0CaytRwE/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and SA Consumer Products are recalling Sanctuary and Sports Afield Biometric Firearm Safes since they can be readily opened by anyone leading to possible injuries and death. About 133,370 safes were sold at Costco, at Costco.com, and at firearm and sporting goods stores. Stop using the biometric features of t...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8LzD5huNLI/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Kawasaki are recalling the gasoline engines in Bad Boy Mowers as well as in BigDog, Bobcat, Cub Cadet, Hustler, John Deere, and Kubota brand lawn and garden equipment as they overheat leading to fires and burns. About 68,500 engines are impacted in the US and about 900impacted  engines are  impacted in Ca...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Acp7INddu/ This technology has at least 3 applications. Drug manufacturers wanting to pre-estimate clinical effectiveness and side effects of new medications.  Medical device manufacturers wishing to see how a new cardiac valve or hip prosthesis might fare in the body.  Contract research organizations looking for guidance as they design and implement clinica...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Abp8MRWVR/ Magnetic resonance scanners are typically huge, heavy, and expensive machines.  The typical commercial units occupy an entire room, weigh 6 to 13 tons, and cost north of $1 million.  Now the Hyperfine company has received FDA clearance to further develop its Swoop scanner, a portable so-called low power unit that can be brought to a patient’s room...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8Aa4cQpkLd/ Eating within 3 hours of bedtime makes you 46% more likely to develop colon adenomatous polyps that can be pre-cancerous lesions in 5-10% of cases.  This from Chicago’s Rush University Medical College investigators who surveyed 664 colonoscopy patients. The data showed that late eaters were 5.5 fold more likely than those avoiding any but early ev...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8AaG_Junkq/ Fish oil supplements have been recommended for patients with known heart disease. As a result, 1 in every 5 Americans over age 60, even those without a history of cardiac problems, are regularly consuming fish oil in various forms.  Problem is that these supplements turn out to be harmful to those without known heart disease. Chinese epidemiologis...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8AZO1buuj0/ E. coli, the same family of bacteria that lives in all of our large bowels and sometimes leads to serious infections, can be genetically transformed to create a vaccine against the dreaded HIV virus that causes AIDS.  Swedish microbiologists have successfully utilized the CRISPR-cas9 editing technique to add an HIV genetic sequence to the genome o...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8AYFvLNJQA/ Exposure to near infrared light from a helmet just after a moderate traumatic brain injury increases the connectivity between brain regions.  This the conclusion of a small, pilot study at Harvard’s Mass General Hospital.  A total of 17 patients received three 20 minute treatments over 36 hours with a Photomedex helmet emitting low-level 810 nm near-infrare...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8AXSILuqtj/ Preeclampsia is marked by escalating and dangerous levels of high blood pressure with kidney, liver, and brain toxicity.  Women experiencing it at the completion of their pregnancies are 2.6 times more likely to develop dementia over the following decade.  French researchers report this startling association following their study of nearly 2 million pregnan...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8AWS54v41-/ The high fat dietary therapy that has successfully controlled difficult-to-manage childhood epilepsy improves the symptoms of those with schizophrenia and bipolar disease.   Psychiatric researchers at Stanford University conducted a pilot study of the diet in 23 subjects, 5 of whom suffered from schizophrenia and 16 of whom suffered from a bipolar...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8AVgPHMvQV/  While many parents of children entering a university teaching hospital for a tonsillectomy will say, “ I don’t want a student involved in my child’s surgery,” they would be making the wrong choice since the answer is YES.  A University of Buffalo study now shows that children having their tonsils removed are 40% more less likely to require an urg...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8AUq2Xt7z-/ That junk food you wolf down during the day increases your chances of a wakeful night by up to 9%.  Doesn’t sound like much, but it can be the difference between a good night of uninterrupted sleep and lots of tossing and turning. French investigators at the Sorbonne surveyed 38,570 subjects with an average age of 50 years about their sleep and ea...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C8ANzjGPrRr/ Nearly two-thirds of binge eaters continued to suffer from this dangerous disorder 2.5 years after the initial diagnosis and about half of them still have it 5 years later.  Harvard psychologists at the McLean Hospital followed 137 adults in the community suffering from this disorder over a 5 year period. Previous retrospective studies, most of yo...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cfyNrr3bS/ The Food and Drug Administration and Sammy’s Milk are warning parents that  Sammy’s Goat Milk Toddler Formula fails to meet FDA nutritional requirements for infant formulas.  It fails to provide sufficient nutrition for infants.  Affected is lot SD348 with a Best by date of August, 2025.  The company emphasizes that its product is only intended fo...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cfFU7rr0b/ The Food and Drug Administration and Infinite Herbs LLC have recalled Infinite Herbs and Melissa’s fresh organic basil due to contamination with salmonella.  This bacterium causes a severe gastroenteritis that may progress into a life-threatening systemic infection in the very young, older frail individuals, and those with weakened immune systems....

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6ceX15LYeA/ The Food and Drug Administration and Primal Kitchen have recalled Primal Kitchen Avocado Oil due to easy cracking of the 750 milliliter jars.  This leads to spillage, possible glass in the food, and lacerations.  Affected is product with a Best When Used By dates from August 19-22, 2025.  No other sizes or batches are affected by the recall. If yo...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cdzXRLjh1/ The Food and Drug Administration and Tama Corporation are recalling 24 ounce containers of Queso de Mano PAISA due to listeria monocytogenes contamination.  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...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cdMUhLSdn/ The Food and Drug Administration and H-E-B are recalling H-E-B Creamy Creations ice cream.   Twelve count packs of 3 oz. Cups of those ice cream in chocolate and lime/orange flavors contain metallic fragments. This ice cream was sold at H-E-B stores in Texas and Mexico at Central Market, Joe V’s Smart Shop, and Mi Tienda stores. If you have this i...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6ccMhgLZx3/ The CDC, the Food and Drug Administration and Gibson Farms now recall Gibson Farms Organic Light Halves and Pieces shelled walnuts.  These walnuts are contaminated with several pathogenic E.Coli variants including 0157:H7 and O157:H7.  These bacteria cause severe bloody gastroenteritis that may progress into life-threatening kidney failure.  Affec...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cbl7DrgaL/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Johnson Health Tech North America are recalling Matrix T1 and T3 Series Commercial Treadmills.  The power cords on these treadmills detach from the power sockets creating fire hazards. About 9700 treadmills were sold in the US at Johnson Health Tech North America and Johnson Fitness & Wellness stores...