Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/UfeEtTUF8KY The CPSC and Clark Associates now recall Lancaster Table & Seating High Chairs Model 164HIGHCBK. This high chair may break creating fall and injury hazards for infants and toddlers. About 22,400 highchairs were sold in the US and about 52 were sold in Canada at The Restaurant Store and online at therestaurantstore.com and webstaurantstore.com. Immediately...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/cSBuryMFzV8 The CPSC and XDEEP-TecDiveGear are recalling 1st Stage Scuba Regulators. A defective turret connection screw may break and stop flow of air with a risk of drowning. About 50 of these regulators were sold in the US and about 10 were sold in Canada at diving stores nationwide and at tecdivegear.com. Stop diving with these regulators and contact XDEEP-TecDiveGear...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/XXvN-cUMWQc The CPSC and Platinum Health now recall LumaRail Bed Assist Rails, three models: Bed Assist Rail with Legs (model PHB4000), Free Standing Bed Assist Rail (model PHB6000) and the DoubleSafe Bed Assist Rail (model PHB7000D). When these bedrails are attached to a bed, users may become entrapped within the bedrail or between the bedrail and the side of the mattres...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/zxlYHhG63Lk The CPSC and the Star Soap Star Candle Prayer Candle company are recalling Mainstays Three-Wick Candles with 7 different names: Jack-O-Lantern, Mystic Fog, Warm Apple Pie, Warm Fall Leaves, Fall Farm House, Pumpkin Spice and Magic Potion. All of these multiple wick candles burn very hot and too close to the jar causing the glass to fracture thus creating lacer...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/T9qvZlT9HM8 The FDA and Silvestri Sweets Inc. have recalled Favorite Day Milk Chocolate Covered Caramels with Nonpareils. This candy contains undeclared tree nuts. Those with tree nut allergies including reactivity to chestnuts, brazil nuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, pine nuts, and cashews could develop serious or life-threatening allergic reactions after ingesting this...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/IyWsdiXXNyw The FDA and Xin Ao International Group Corp. now recall Sss Enoki Mushrooms and K-Fresh Mushrooms. These products are contaminated with listeria monocytogenes. This bacterium causes serious and sometimes deadly infections in the very young, in older, frail individuals, and in those with weakened immune systems. Listeria can also trigger miscarriages and stillb...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/o2wgIVvIRoo The FDA, the Pepsi bottling company, and Starbucks are recalling Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino in bottles. A total of 25,200 cases of the drink, that’s over 300,000 bottles, could be contaminated with glass fragments leading to cuts in mouth and entire gastrointestinal tract. The bottles, processed by the PepsiCo bottling company, that are recalled include tho...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/AScUVdZ8xeI The CPSC and the Linus Bike company have recalled Linus Electric Bikes Ero500/Cesta500. The bicycle’s front fork may crack leading to steering difficulties, loss of control, crashes, and injuries to the rider and bystanders. About 430 bicycles were sold nationwide. Stop riding this bike and contact Linus at 1-800-615-1534 or via email at customerservice@linusb...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/-VKeLQUrxds The CPSC and AllPredatorCalls.com now recall Wicked Lights ScanPro Night Hunting Headlamps. A short in the headlamp circuitry causes overheating, melting, and burns. About 12,000 of the headlamps were sold at Mahoning Valley Milling Co, Scheels, Texas Gun Shop and stores nationwide and online at AllPredatorCalls.com, BoondockOutdoors.com, EazyOutdoors.com, Nig...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/YpEF1eSOoW4 The CPSC and the Oaks Apparel Company are recalling Oaks Children’s Nightgowns. These garments do not meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepware. About 320 nightgowns were sold at Oaks Apparel and children’s boutique stores nationwide and online at OaksApparel.com. Do not allow your children to wear these nightgowns. To receive a refund, dest...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/6HHSZipk0rI The CPSC and Hatley USA are recalling Hatley Children’s pajamas and headbands. The pajamas fail to meet federal flammability safety standards for children’s sleepware and the headbands contain lead levels that exceed safe federal limits. Lead is a neurotoxin that is dangerous if ingested. About 7,640 pajamas and about 300 headbands were sold at Hatley Boutique...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/i6h20aicad8 The CPSC and the Betsy and Lace company are recalling Betsy & Lace Children’s Nightgowns. These garments do not meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepware. About 90,550 nightgowns in various colors were sold only at betsyandlace.com. Do not allow your children to wear these nightgowns. Destroy the garments by cutting them in half and cont...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/-RUBPr8T-5o The CPSC and Paradise Grilling Systems are recalling Paradise Grills First Generation Outdoor Kitchens models GX-3, GX-4, GX-5, GX-6, GX-7, GX-8, GX-9, GX-10, GX-11, GX12, GX14, Tahiti, Fiji, Tropicana, Aruba 6 and Aruba 8. Liquid propane accumulates inside the closed lid and cabinets, causing an explosion when the user relights the grill. About 18,000 of thes...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/Gq4Id8vB-ic\ The CPSC and Kids Preferred now recall “My First” Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Buzz Lightyear, and Stitch Figurines. The arms and legs on these figurines may detach and create choking hazards for infants, toddlers, and very young children. About 16,140 were sold in the US and about 600 were sold in Canada at BuyBuy Baby and other toy, gift, and bookstores nati...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/JGbyOgc0RQk The CPSC and KLIM now recall KLIM Backcountry Probes A300. These probes fail to operate properly when deployed by rescue teams attempting to recover victims buried under snow following an avalanche leading to severe injury or death of the trapped victims. About 3,930 of these probes were sold in the US and 400 were sold in Canada at KLIM and Polaris dealers na...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/M7nn0MdSjNQ The Philips electronic company is working with a Dutch hospital to test a monitoring patch capable of transmitting patient data including heart and respiratory rates to the nursing station every 5 minutes. Taped to a patient’s chest upon admission to a unit, the self-powered device, which the Europeans quaintly call a plaster, frees up the nursing staff to per...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/nr9kItISBKo UnitedHealthcare announced a new program that could be worth $1000 a year in your pocket. The insurance giant’s rewards program pays subscribers who demonstrate more than 15 minutes of activity a day, walk more than 5,000 steps each day, and sleep track for at least 14 nights. The money flows to you via prepaid debit cards or a health savings account. The prog...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/C-jzvdpkDyw The propulsion mechanism that allows sperm to quickly wiggle their way up the female reproductive tract to a waiting egg requires a cellular signaling protein called soluble adenyl cyclase or sAC. Collaborators at New York’s Weill-Cornell, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, and The Rockefeller University have developed a sAC inhibitor labeled TDI-11861. In mouse experi...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/Q4aS9H35zoE MIT and CalTech bioengineers have developed a tiny ingestible capsule the size of a quarter that can permit calculation of the speed and direction of gastrointestinal flow using magnetism. The capsule’s sensor calculates its position by determining its own distance from a magnetic source outside the body. This technology promises to help clinicians better unde...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/zXxr0RLNmfs It’s that time of year when all of us think about fitting into that swim suit and showing our bodies on the beach. For most of us, shedding those extra pounds we put on during the holidays is challenging. To help us, Australian fitness and nutrition researchers recommend consistent consumption of almonds. They studied 140 overweight subjects randomized to inco...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/2cwnCL6mpS4 Nearly all of our existing anti-CoVid therapeutic antibodies lack the power to vanquish the latest Omicron subvariant XBB1.5. This scary reality has driven Australian researchers to find a class of antibody that reacts against sites on the CoVid spikes that are less likely to mutate. By using B-cell sorting on blood from recovered CoVid patients, they found an...

Using smartphones and tablets to defuse kid’s emotions can prevent them from developing self-control. University of Michigan pediatricians studied 422 parent-preschool child pairs at baseline and over 6 months and found that those using electronic devices to pacify their emotions were most likely to lack age-appropriate executive functioning and to demonstrate excessive emotional reactivity. Botto...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/xi_FXHNJduc Nearly one one every three pediatric admissions for burns is due to scalding from a hot bowl of noodles. This from a University of Chicago review of 790 children under 18 years of age. The data showed that 31% of the burns were due to instant noodles, that those with ramen burns compared with those due to other causes were slightly older, 5.4 yrs vs 3.8 years,...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/vET-yECMXZQ The FDA and Universal Meditech Inc. now recall Skippack SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Test Kits. This product was never FDA cleared or approved before marketing. About 56,300 of these kits were sold. If you bought this product, do not use it and return it to the place of purchase for a refund. For more information, call the Universal Meditech company at 1-702-871-9...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/mLX2Zxp1YDY The FDA and Volt Candy are recalling PrimeZEN Black 6000 male Enhancement Capsules. This over-the-counter product is contaminated with sildenafil, Viagra, and tadalafil, Cialis. Both of these are phosphodiesterase inhibitors used for erectile dysfunction. These prescription drugs can dangerously interact with nitrate-containing medications including nitroglyce...