Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/YV8r-_z2OXk Blood clots in the brain trigger strokes and catastrophic back bleeding. When the blockages occur, the clock is ticking. The faster blood vessels are reopened, the better the recovery prognosis. North Carolina State mechanical engineers report that vortex ultrasound, a swirling shockwave, dissolves blood clots in critical brain blood vessels faster and more ef...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1bFzIS-FByU The infamous and now convicted Elizabeth Holmes who founded the Silicon Valley startup Theranos made the same promise and utterly failed. Now, geneticists at Stanford University, where ironically Holmes once attended college and dropped out, announce the development of so-called multi-omics technologies that really can make needle-shy patients’ wishes c...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/s7V2tMk8Org Eating those fries and donuts modifies your brain cells and they begin to whisper, “eat more and more.” Penn State neuroscience and behavioral scientists now report their mouse model studies demonstrating that a high-fat diet continuing even 3 to 5 days desensitizes the brain astrocytes. Astrocytes normally react to circulating fat and trigger appetite suppres...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/LsH8-LbT2Vk Suffering a head injury more than doubles your risk of dying at some time over a 30 year period. So say University of Pennsylvania neurologists who followed 13,037 adults, median age of 54, between 1987 and 2019. Head injuries were experienced by 18% of the group. The risk of death for this cohort was 2 twice that of the non-injured group. That risk depended u...

Vidcast: https://youtu.be/Gpl0vO9U9Ks Babies developing within mothers who contract Covid suffer significant bleeds within their brains in association with evidence of CoVid virus brain infiltration. Neurodevelopmental researchers at King’s College London now report their study of 661 fetal tissue samples from CoVid infected mothers and 300 tissues from uninfected mothers. The incidence of brain b...

If you received the most recent bivalent CoVid booster, know that it does not induce significant or lasting antibody protection against the currently-prevalent Omicron XBB1.5 sub-variant. The good news: the booster does trigger an increase in your cellular immunity against the virus; and it reduces by half your risk of developing a symptomatic CoVid infection. Researchers at Harvard’s Beth Israel...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/1RXQxqlsIsg   The FDA and the SkinnyDipped company are recalling SkinnyDipped Dark Chocolate Cocoa Almonds & Dark Chocolate Salted Caramel Cashews.   These candies have undeclared peanuts.   Those with peanut allergies could develop serious and life-threatening allergic reactions after ingesting these candies.   The dipped almonds have a Best By Date of 5/5-6/2024 and...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/77ArhPBzkFE   The CPSC and Williams-Sonoma are recalling Williams-Sonoma Hot Chocolate Pots.   These pots are mislabeled as microwave-safe but contain metallic paint that will spark and ignite if microwaved.   About 2700 of these hot chocolate pots were sold in the US and about 40 were sold in Canada at Williams-Sonoma.   If you bought these pots, contact Williams-Son...

Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/wuzarL9bAOc The CPSC and Sakar International are recalling Credhedz Lizard Helmets, Crayola Dry Erase Helmets, and Tony Hawk Multi-Purpose Helmets.   These helmets fail to meet the federal bicycle helmet positional stability and retention system safety requirements thus creating head injury risks.   About 33,100 helmets were sold at Big Lots, Ollies Bargain Outlet and o...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/dk7BBk4AC58   The CPSC and the Selfie Craft Company are recalling Selfie Craft Children’s Pajama Sets.   These garments fail to meet federal flammability requirements for children’s sleepwear thereby creating burn risks.   About 38,740 of these garments were sold online at etsy.com, uncommongoods.com, macys.com, selfiecraft.co.uk, thetot.com, and boutiques nationwide....

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/GWaIjTGhwxw   The CPSC and several Chinese garment manufacturers including: Shanghai Xunao Elevator company, the Shanghai Jinhui Gardening Center, the Shanghai Jing Cheng Landscape Engineering Company, the Shanghai Jing Cheng Landscape Engineering Company, Hainan Chong Yu Industrial, the Weihai Juanhai Decoration Material, and Mianzhu Ye Xin Trading are all recalling...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/2hpcamio7aA   The CPSC and Ross Stores are recalling Taylor and Finch 6-Wick Scented Candles.   The multiple wicks generate so much heat that the candle’s glass container fractures leading to fire, burn, and laceration hazards.   About 5800 candles were sold at Ross Stores nationwide.   Stop burning these candles and return them to any Ross Store for a full refund.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/wFGTR3sQLmU   The CPSC and Meguiar’s are recalling Meguiar’s Heavy Duty Headlight Sealant.   This low-viscosity hydrocarbon-containing product is not sold in child resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.   About 140,000 units were sold at Advance Auto Parts, AutoZone, O’Reilly Auto Parts, and Walmart stores nationwide and online at Amaz...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/W2itzBRTp1Y   The CPSC and Ove Decors are recalling Vanessa 42-inch Fire Tables.   The table’s gas hose can contact the heat shield, melt, and trigger a fire and burns.   About 470 of these fire tables were sold in the US and about 14 were sold in Canada online at Amazon.com, Build.com., HomeDepot.com, Houzz.com, KBauthority.com, LampPlus.com, Lowes.com, Overstock.com...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/FOLnW-OysDI   The CPSC and Vaenait Baby are recalling Vaenait Childrens’s Robes.   These garments do not meet federal flammability safety standards and create risks of burns.   The affected lot is #58644-88 manufactured in Sept. 2018.   About 2400 of these robes were sold at Lafayette Moms and Babies, Safe Splash, Chickadees Gift Boutique, Melodi's Belles and Beaus, L...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/SlOONjy9RQ4   Just a quick note to my audio podcast listeners.   With the advent and popularity of my video broadcasts on TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, I am limiting my audio feeds to the Apple Podcasts app which is available for all smartphones, tablets, and computers.     When you go to the app, search for Dr. Howard Smith.   You’ll notice two p...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/Gd4x-zJ_rCI   The FDA and Fullei Fresh are recalling the company’s alfalfa sprouts.   These sprouts are contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E.coli.   This bacterium produces a serious and dangerous gastroenteritis for young children, older persons, and those with weak immune systems.   Healthy adults and older children experience more muted symptoms.   The affecte...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/sOZIhv2dQwg   The FDA and Corim Industries are recalling Cocoa de Aroma, Smart Sips, Jersey Charm, and Colonial Coffee peanut butter hot chocolate products.   These products normally have peanut butter artificial flavoring.   Batches of these products unfortunately have real peanut butter contamination.   Those with peanut allergies could develop serious and life-thre...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/_bmcDkp7_5Q   The skin cancer melanoma is a vicious disease that metastasizes and kills.   Moderna, the CoVid mRNA vaccine company, has now partnered with Merck, the maker of the checkpoint inhibitor Keytruda, to create a novel immunotherapeutic regimen that cuts the risk of Stage 3/4 melanoma recurrence or death by 44%.   This impressive result was demonstrated in a...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/gErB1wj_36w   Localized bladder cancer that has not invaded the bladder muscle is often treated with tumor removal followed by topical chemotherapy or passive immunotherapy.   Now, the FDA has just improved gene bladder cancer therapy offered by Ferring Pharmaceuticals. And its FerGene spinoff.   The therapy, to be marketed under the Adstiladrin brand, uses an adenovi...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/uGkZdBEn-u4   From Johns Hopkins biomolecular engineers comes a new type of nasal spray capable of preventing Covid’s entry into the body.   The special sauce in the spray are so-called supramolecular filaments bearing ACE2 receptors biologically similar to those to which CoVid attaches to make entry into human cells.   The spray coats the nasal lining cells through w...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/HJqsTYYKtI0   Breast cancer cells break off from a primary tumor, penetrate   blood vessels to reach the bloodstream highway that takes them to distant organs, and thereby metastasize.   Israeli researchers have already identified the cellular “drills” that facilitate this penetration and named them invadopodia.   Now they announce discovery of a peptide protein that...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/WN8jgIPJ1qE   Breathing with prolonged exhalation beats other breathing techniques as well as mindless meditation for elevating your mood and extinguishing anxiety.   Stanford University neurobiologists and psychologists studied 108 persons with a mean age of 28 years.   Two-thirds were females. Four techniques were tested by each of 4 groups for 5 minutes each day fo...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/8OLlvO8kSOw   Do you develop headaches, become anxious, and feel depressed as you watch the news and digest the political commentary on cable channels?   You’re not alone.   Psychologists from the University of Toronto in collaboration with NYU epidemiologists studied 3,208 Americans in 4 different studies as they observed US politics on broadcast and social media.  ...

  Vidcast:   https://youtu.be/KrBb0JCMGkw   A Harvard Medical study analyzed 2808 hospital admissions to 11 Massachusetts hospitals during 2018.   The data showed that, of the 24% of admitted patients suffering injuries, 32% were serious leading to substantial intervention and prolonged recovery.   Furthermore, 23% of the incidents were preventable.   The most common causes these episodes were med...