Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9kVNRuwPI/ Recall by: FDA; Texas Tamale Co. Problem:  Texas Tamale brand Black Bean Tamales contain undeclared milk allergen.  This occurs since Hatch Green Chile and Cheese Tamales were mistakenly packaged in Black Bean Tamale Bags.  Affected is lot # 17023 with a Best Before date of 6/19/2025. Sold: Trader Joe's stores in: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado ,...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9jh6WODdu/ Recall by: FDA; Ice Cream House Problem: All Ice Cream House dairy ice cream, sorbet, and non-dairy kosher frozen dessert products are contaminated with listeria monocyogenes.  These include all flavors of packed ice cream, sorbets, cakes, ice cream sandwiches, cones, pops. Sold:  At Ice Cream House in Brooklyn and through retail supermarkets in N...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9iz0jO-i-/ Recall by:FDA; Weis Markets Problem: Weis Quality Brownie Moose Tracks Ice Cream contains undeclared egg. Sold: Weis Markets’ stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and West Virginia. Actions:  Return the product to the Weis Market at which you purchased it for a refund.  For more information, call Weis Customer...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9iBzEOoQT/ Recall by: FDA; Life Raft Treats Problem:  Life Raft Treats Not Fried Chicken ice cream bucket, Not Fried Chicken ice cream bar, and Life Is Peachy ice cream products, all with BEST BY DATES up to 8212024 are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes . Sold: In GA, IL, MD, NC, NY, SC, and TX. Actions:  Do not consume these ice cream treats.  Return...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9gz9uO9lo/ Recall by: FDA: OBC Group Corp; Todorganic Inc. Problem:  FDA analysis of these seed and capsules  shows that they contain yellow oleander plant.  This plant contains cardiac glycosides which are toxic to humans and animals causing severe and sometimes fatal cardiovascular, neurologic, and gastrointestinal side effects. Sold: Online via amazon.com...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9f8WbO__R/ Problem: Aiper Elite Pro GS100 cordless robotic pool vacuum cleaners have batteries that overheat and short circuit if the charging cord is plugged into the cleaner without an adapter. Sold:  About 22,000 were sold in the US, about 50 were sold in Canada, and about 4 were sold in Mexico online at aiper.com, Amazon.com, cocktailpool.com, factorypur...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9fIU-uqiP/ Recall by: CPSC;  Electrolux Home Products Problem:  Frigidaire Stainless-Steel 30-inch 4 Burner and 36-inch 5 Burner Gas Cooktops have plastic control knobs with a black shaft that tend to crack and break leading to gas leaks with fire and possible explosion risks. Sold:  About 77,000 of these gas cooktops were sold at Lowe’s, The Home Depot, and...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9eTY0OKVQ/ Recall by: CPSC; Apollo Imports, Inc. Problem:  Apollo Phantom V1, V2 and 60V Electric Scooters models have a suspension and wheel assembly module that detaches causing falls and injuries to the rider and bystanders. Sold: About 3,900 of these scooters were sold online at Apolloscooters.com, Fluidfreeride.com, Justride.com, Adventuresportsusa.com...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9dc3sOeoJ/ Recall by: CPSC; Prime-Line Problem:  Defender Security, Gate-House and Reliabilt branded glass doorknobs tend to crack and separate from their attachment assemblies leaking to lacerations. Sold:  About 167,000 of these doorknobs were sold in the US, and about 10,265 were sold in Canada at home improvement stores nationwide and online at Amazon.co...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9ceazuU3q/ Recall by: CPSC; TOMY Problem:  Boon Flair highchairs manufactured before September 2016 and all Boon Flair Elite highchairs have seats that detach from their bases due to loosening bolts. Sold: About 83,000 high chairs were sold in the US, and about 2,850 were sold in Canada at Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, Toys ‘R’ Us, and other stores nationwi...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9ae12u8eu/ Recall by: CPSC; Bombardier Recreational Products Problem: All model year 2023 Ski-Doo Freeride and Summit model snowmobiles and all Lynx Shredder model snowmobiles equipped with an 850E-TEC Turbo R Engine have leaky main injector fuel return hoses.  This creates fire and burn hazards. Sold: About 4,070 of these snowmobiles were sold in the US, an...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw9ZmUyub67/ Recall by: CPSC; Polaris Industries Problem: The handlebars hooks on Polaris Snowmobiles, Model Year 2022-2023 MATRYX PRO RMK and MATRYX RMK KHAOS, create puncture hazards to the rider’s body should a crash occur. Sold: About 15,900 of these snowmobiles were sold in the US, and about 7,040 were sold in Canada.   Actions:  Stop riding these snowmob...

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw8hX2cRhTL/ With new CoVid subvariants and other viruses appearing each month, we need faster assays for identifying and quantitating viruses.   UCLA laboratory scientists have answered that call by developing a novel viral assay using advanced optics and machine learning.  Rather than employing the time-consuming staining of samples and manual counting of vir...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw8gWQmRmp_/ It’s all over the news.  President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is initiating the practice whereby the US government will negotiate the prices it pays to buy drugs from our nation’s pharmaceutical manufacturers and provides to seniors with Medicare insurance.  The Act also caps the monthly price of insulin at $35, covers the costs of all se...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw8fKYcxZmy/ British neuropsychiatric researchers have identified two biochemical markers that accompany the handicapping cognitive impairments associated with Long CoVid.  Studying 1,837 hospitalized CoVid patients on a longitudinal basis, they discovered that elevated fibrinogen and D-dimer levels in such patients predict the development of CoVid “brain fog”...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw8eM3KRGhF/ To take the guesswork out of spinal fusion surgery, New Zealand bioengineers have developed an implantable strain gauge that can measure the forces on the metallic devices used to prevent spinal column movement.  If the spinal fusion is functional, there should be measurable strain, and this device provides quantitative evidence before the surgery...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw8dE74Rp4K/ Meta-analyses of new cancer drugs and the clinicians conducting them are twice as likely to report positive results when these studies and authors are funded by the companies manufacturing these medications.  Investigators at UC-San Francisco report these findings after evaluating 93 meta-analysis studies. Eighty-one percent of the 21 studies with...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw8cAjORhXJ/ From Boston and New York City come optimistic reports about the latest CoVid subvariant BA.2.86, nicknamed Pirola.   Harvard Beth Israel Deaconess virologist Dr. Dan Barouch reports that the blood from 66 Americans with CoVid immunity from monovalent vaccines, bivalent boosters, or recent CoVid XBB infections could effectively neutralize BA.2.86 p...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw8S-PwR4es/ The percentage of children born with gaps in their palates who had close to normal speech in kindergarten was about 40% higher when their palates were repaired at 6 months of age rather than waiting until their first birthdays.  From European pediatric reconstructive surgeons comes another ground-breaking study just published in the New England Jo...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw8R7-3xfvo/ Those with controlled HIV infections and undetectable virus levels enjoyed a 34% lower incidence of cardiovascular disease when treated with the blood cholesterol lowering agent pitavastatin.  This game-changing multisite study headed by Harvard Medical School researchers was just published in the New England Journal.  The Journal also published a...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw8QkLpR3nX/ Pregnant women exposed to phthalates during their first trimester give birth to boys who suffer from neurodevelopmental problems.  Israeli neuroscientists studied 158 mothers and their children beginning at 11 to 17 months of gestation finishing at 23 to 30 months of age.  At study entry, urine levels of phthalates were measured.  At 2 years of ag...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw8PBj_RUGi/ Smoking e-cigarettes is associated with as much as a 32% higher risk of adolescent asthma.  This the conclusion of a Texas A&M public health school study of 32,885 high school students aged 13-17 years.  About 9% of the teens lived in Texas. The numbers reveal a significant association of asthma development in those teens who have never smoked...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CwgMgIGrCEl/ Recall by: FDA; David Oppenheimer and Company LLC Problem: All one-pound clamshells of Zespri organic green kiwifruit y have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes .  This bacterium causes serious disease in the very young, older, frail individuals, and in those with weakened immune systems. Listeria also triggers miscarriage...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CwgLkfKpBuH/ Recall by: FDA; Real Kosher Ice Cream Problem: Soft serve on the go ice cream soft ice cream and sorbet are contaminated with listeria monocytogenes.  This bacterium causes serious disease in the very young, older, frail individuals, and in those with weakened immune systems. Listeria also triggers miscarriages and premature births. Sold: At groce...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CwgK3FmRAr4/ Recall by: FDA; Unilever Problem:  Knorr Sopa Soup Mix products contain undeclared egg.  Those with egg allergies could develop severe allergic reactions should they consume this product. Affected are products with a Best if Used by Date of 7/6/2024. Actions:  Return these products to the place of purchase for a refund.  For additional information...