Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqlk7ZuMKQp/ Hitting speed bumps at speeds exceeding 28 mph may cause brain injuries to a 3rd trimester fetus and uterine stress for the mother.  This warning comes from engineers at the University of British Columbia. The investigators derived their conclusions from models that calculate the effects of speed bump shear on the fetal brain as well as the uterus...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CqlkFDSr42o/ Those who consistently walk at a brisk pace have cells that are measurably 53% younger compared with those who walk at an average pace.  British researchers studied data from nearly 406 middle-aged persons with data in the UK Biobank and correlated self-reported walking speeds with a quantitative measure of cellular aging, the white cell telomere...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CqljJk2J6IK/ Those drinking coffee prior to shopping in stores spend 50% more money and purchases 30% more items than non-coffee drinkers.  Academic marketing investigators at the University of South Florida studied 300 subjects shopping in stores in France and in Spain. One-half of the shoppers were provided a free cup of coffee containing 100 mg of caffeine....

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CqliClYMXMu/ Even a double dose of Plan B, levonorgestrel, the most common morning after pill, fails to significantly reduce the chances of ovulation and therefore pregnancy in obese women.  Oregon Health and Science University investigators studied 70 women with a mean age of 28, a mean body mass index of 38, and a body weight of greater than 175 pounds. The...

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/CqWJ_zyPDUy/ You may get more than a case of the Mondays if you hit the ol’ office water fountain after a weekend or holiday closure.  Purdue University engineers issue this warning after their in-depth study of water in a 10 year old 3 story so-called green office building.   The building’s water quality was assessed for minerals and bacteria including legion...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/cZtT857ufMI The young women who experience migraines and become pregnant are more likely to suffer sometimes dire complications.  Investigators at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital issue this warning after analyzing more than 30,000 pregnancies in about 19,000 women over a 20 year period. The data shows that pregnant women with migraine headaches are 17% more likely...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/5QhZSbGyFBU Some 43% of elementary school aged children with insomnia continue to suffer from it into adolescence and young adulthood.  This from a Penn State longitudinal study of 502 children initially studied when they were 5 to 12 years of age with followup evaluations 7 and 15 years later when they were at median ages of 16 years and 24 years. In addition to the 43%...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/hwrJXQWsOoo Lifelong exercise not only keeps your body fat from over-accumulating but it also fine tunes its metabolic activity helping to prevent diabetes, obesity, and cancer.  Researchers at the University of Copenhagen make these claims after comparing the fat cells from 20 something male couch potatoes with those from 60 something men who either avoided exercise, ex...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/ebairnRI7-Y Children repeatedly brow-beaten by angry, screaming, and abusive parents have measurably smaller brain structures in adolescence.  University of Montreal researchers studied 94 children 2.5 to 9 years of age at study onset. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/development-and-psychopathology/article/abs/prefrontal-cortex-and-amygdala-anatomy-in-youth-with-...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Lcpzkt6bjlw Eating breakfast before 8:30 in the morning reduces factors associated with development of type 2 diabetes.  So say Northwestern University nutritional researchers. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210318091646.htm #diabetes #breakfast #insulin #insulinresistance #glucose

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/3QuG3eK5mrc Low dose aspirin increases the chances of a live birth by up to 15% for women who had up to 2 previous miscarriages.  This the conclusion of a study from Emory and the NIH. A group of 1228 women 18-40 years were randomized to receive 81 mg of aspirin and folic acid or folic acid alone daily for up to 6 cycles while attempting conception and continuing the reg...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/4zof2XuO6kE Lovers of post-apocalyptic stories may be better prepared to weather stressful events like the recent pandemic say Penn State psychologists. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/zombie-movies-prepared-you-pandemic/ #zombie #disasters #pandemic #stress #anxiety

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/x_lyciTe1Cw When composing tweet, texts, and answering surveys, you tend to reveal more private, confidential information on your smartphone than on your desktop computer.  University of Pennsylvania researchers report this conclusion from their analysis of more than 369,00 tweets, nearly 20,000 call-to-action web ads, and 10,000 restaurant reviews. The investigators att...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/zK6pbWPEUeM A new MRI technique permitting simultaneous brain scanning of two persons face-to-face touching one another shows that their sensory and motor regions light up in response to a partner’s actions but also in anticipation of them.   Finnish neuroscientists, psychologists, and biomedical engineers modified a standard MRI coil to permit two person scanning.  Ten...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/3Pc3rYZ8kmI Pre-schoolers overwhelmingly choose to hear and read stories about the workings of the world around them.  This from a Vanderbilt University analysis of story choices by 48 kids 3-4 years of age. The investigators presented children two versions of 2 stories.  One version was causally-rich with details about why and the  minimally-causal version provided just...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/eTICNcwIdy0 An unexpected observation during awake neurosurgery at Emory University demonstrates that laughter leads to a sense of calm and happiness. https://news.emory.edu/stories/2019/02/laughter_electricity_brain_jci/index.html #laughter #pain #neurosurgery #anxiety

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/LiuC2g-tfcA A common food additive may cause autoimmune celiac disease.  Microbial transglutaminase used to glue food together may be the culprit as the rise of celiac disease is associated with increasing use of this food ingredient. https://celiac.org/about-the-foundation/featured-news/2019/01/association-between-a-common-food-additive-and-celiac-disease/ #celiac #tran...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/j_fPJhPW-Bs Two Part Series Boston Children's Hospital’s Dr. Richard Ferber and Dr. Smith take calls from parents with questions about children who won’t fall asleep and stay asleep.  Dr. Ferber is the author of SOLVE YOUR CHILD’S SLEEP PROBLEMS. #ferber #pediatrics #sleep #wbznewsradio #BostonChildrensHospital

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/iIys4XV64Cg Two Part Series Boston Children's Hospital’s Dr. Richard Ferber and Dr. Smith take calls from parents with questions about children who won’t fall asleep and stay asleep.  Dr. Ferber is the author of SOLVE YOUR CHILD’S SLEEP PROBLEMS. #ferber #pediatrics #sleep #wbznewsradio #BostonChildren'sHospital 

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/XA1MDUI--vo A young couple travel abroad for unique psoriasis therapy.   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1697753/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1697753/ #psoriasis #travel #turkey #kangal #drfish #WBZNewsRadio

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/nK1WSlxwud0 A young couple travel abroad for unique psoriasis therapy.  References after Part 2. #psoriasis #travel #WBZNewsRadio #drfish

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Hy_UcuxOiAY Lead-in by WBZ’s Gary LaPierre—- Relatively young men and women are falling victim to chronic obstructive lung disease or COPD.  An NIH study of more than 5,800 young smokers with smoking-related lung problems shows that about 40% of them are younger than 45 years and more than 40% of them are women.  Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are generally thought to...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/gNxPgn0MnV4 School violence is on the rise but, surprise, it’s the bullies themselves who are most likely to be  seriously injured.  This the conclusion of a study by researchers at the University of Texas-Houston who studied of some 4300 5th, 7th, and 10th graders in Houston, LA, and Birmingham, Alabama. In 5th grade, 17% of children sustained at least one violent injur...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/i48cXALBTQY Abusive bosses who rule with a heavy hand are managing their own failure.  This is the conclusion of a 427 study meta-analysis completed by researchers at Portland State University and published in the Journal of Management.  Managers perceived as unfair, unhelpful, and impersonal trigger counterproductive and passive-aggressive work behaviors including work...

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/YRhzpHLgygE Imitate your infant, and she or he will love you for it.  Swedish philosophers at Lund University report this conclusion following their observations of sixteen 6 month old infants. Even very young children recognize when an adult is imitating their behaviors.  The babies focus attention longer and more consistently on those imitating them.  Their smiles indi...