Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/aEwU-t78lE8   The CPSC and Monti Kids are recalling Monti Kids Toy Box with Bins.   A small wooden dowel may detect from the box and become a choking hazard for young children.  About 1500 of these toy boxes were sold online at montikids.com.  If you bought one of these for your children, do not allow them to play with the box.  Contact Monti Kids at 1-800-674-3845 or via email at customercare@montikids.com to obtain instructions about how to receive a $35 refund.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Monti-Kids-Recalls-Toy-Box-with-Bins-Due-to-Choking-Hazard-Recall-Alert   #montikids #box #foreignbodies #choking #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/rZrHqnl1AYs   The CPSC and Vichy Laboratoires now recall Vichy Laboratoires LiftActiv Peptide-C Anti-Aging Ampoules.  These small sealed vials containing anti-aging facial sera seem to weaken and crack over time leading to laceration hazards for fingers and hands.  About 206,200 of these ampoules were sold at CVS, Walgreens, and Target stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com and www.vichyusa.com.  If you bought this product, do not try to open these vials.  Contact Vichy USA Consumer Care at 1-844-973-0595 to receive a full refund.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Vichy-Laboratoires-Recalls-LiftActiv-Peptide-C-Ampoules-Due-to-Laceration-Hazard-Recall-Alert   #vichy #liftactivpeptideC #ampoules #lacerations #recall    

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Po7OAWhyyy0   The CPSC and Crye Precision have recalled Crye Precision LRB Leg Loops.  The buckle on these leg loops can loosen and fail to buttress a load-rated belt creating fall and injury hazards.  About 300 of these garments were sold at GSS Gear stores, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and Lenoir, North Carolina and online at www.cryeprecision.com, www.gssgear.com and other websites.  If you bought these leg loops,  immediately discontinue using them.  Contact Crye Precision by phone at 1-718-246-3838 or via email at returns@cryeprecision.com to receive a prepaid shipping label in order to return the product for a full refund.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Crye-Precision-Recalls-LRB-Leg-Loops-Due-to-Fall-Hazard-Recall-Alert   #cryeprecision #legloops #falls #injuries #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/kEI7w35iCKM   Here are the quickie reports about cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries this 3rd week of July, 2022.   With more and more challenging CoVid subvariants arriving on the scene, infectious disease research collaborators led by those at the University of Virginia are looking to boosters in nasal sprays to offer greater protection.   The sprays will deliver inactivated forms of the virus itself to nasal and upper respiratory linings where the greater numbers of CoVid antigens in whole viruses compared with the number encoded by mRNA vaccines will trigger a vigorous immune response that both prevents infections and limits viral spread to others.   https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.add4853     Crying at your doctor’s office may help diagnose eye ailments.  Chinese researchers report the use of what they have dubbed the iTEARS nanomembrane system to extract tiny cellular capsules called exosomes that contain molecular clues about the state of cellular

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/VcIrOY-BJtM   Regular screening of those at high risk for developing pancreatic cancer can diagnose this dread disease at early, more treatable stages in nearly three-quarters of patients.  This encouraging result stems from an ongoing multi center trial that began in 1988 and is led by Johns Hopkins gastroenterologists. The CAPS study, short for Cancer of Pancreas Screening, has followed 1731 patients with careful, annual pancreatic imaging.   During the trial, 26 cancers developed.  In the 19 patients who consistently participated in surveillance, 58% were diagnosed with stage 1 and 16% with Stage 2 disease.  The 5 year survival rate for those with surveillance-detected cancers was 73% with a median survival of 9.8 years.  Those not under surveillance developing pancreatic cancer only lived a median of 18 months.   Those selected for surveillance had more than one close relative with a history of pancreatic cancer or were known to have a genetic variant predisposing them to the

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/KZLNkuPWq_Y   As if CoVid and Monkeypox weren’t enough, the CDC is now warning us that several other viral diseases are upon us.  Parechovirus chiefly threatens neonates 3 months or younger but the fierce Marburg hemorrhagic virus, a cousin of Ebola, could kill large populations of any age.   Parechovirus, a non-polio enterovirus that frequently circulates in the US during the summer and fall, causes a mild to moderate upper respiratory tract infection with a fever and a rash.  In babies less than 3 months of age, the virus can trigger a severe sepsis-like illness with seizures and meningoencephalitis.  Pediatric health teams should be on the lookout for this disease and use appropriate testing and precautions to avoid spread.   Marburg virus, first discovered in 1967 in Marburg, Germany, is carried by bats, infects monkeys, and has infected more than 600 persons to date.  It is spread person-to-person via bodily fluids.  Once infected, a victim becomes febrile and develops bleedi

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/XF2dIq3bXv0   A CoVid infection significantly increases your risk of developing diabetes for nearly 6 months and your cardiovascular disease risk for nearly 2 months.  London-based investigators draw these conclusions after analyzing some 428,000 CoVid patients in comparison to matched controls.   The CoVid patients had 81% more diabetes cases diagnosed during the first month after infection with their risk of developing diabetes remaining elevated by 27% for up to 3 months.  CoVid triggers a 6 fold higher risk of cardiovascular problems by increasing lung clots and cardiac arrhythmias.   This study warns medical teams treating CoVid patients to be on a particular lookout for diabetes and cardiovascular problems over the first 6 months to one year following infection.     https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004052   #CoVid #diabetes #cardiovascular #thrombosis #arrhythmias  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/64x003CN92c   A bivalent CoVid mRNA booster that generates antigens from the Delta variant and the BA.2 Omicron subvariant offers the best protection against Omicron BA.5.  Yale researchers report this finding after testing this and 3 other boosters in CoVid-infected mice initially vaccinated with 2 doses of mRNA vaccine generating wild-type antigens.     The groups of boosted mice were then infected with one of the 3 currently circulating Omicron sub-variants: BA.5, BA.2.12.1, or BA.2.  When the numbers were crunched, the booster offering the best protection against all of the Omicron sub-variants was the bivalent Delta-BA.2 booster.   This study confirms that better protection comes from mRNA boosters triggering antigens most closely related to those on currently-circulating  Omicron subvariants.  Combining two such boosters in a bivalent product offers optimal protection.   https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.19.500616v1.full.pdf   #CoVid #omicron #delta #vaccine #

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/f6P4ifhHrO4   The FDA is now out with a warning to all of us about the hazards of disinfecting wands that generate ultraviolet-C radiation.  These wands are marketed for disinfection of surfaces on devices like phones or on home furniture.     UV-C radiation has the highest energy and shortest wave lengths of all UV radiation and falls into the 100 to 280 nm range.  It can cause irreversible damage to your eyes and skin.  The FDA has determined that the following units are unsafe and should not be used: Safe-T-Lite; OttLite Rechargeable UVC Disinfecting Wand, model  UV10002M; IMB UVILIZER Flip, model SG-153; IMB Portable UV Light Wand Sterilizer; Ultraviolet Sterilamp, model PURPLEGLOW; Sharper Image® UV Sanitizing Portable Wand, model 101362; SurfaceSoap UV; and Magic UV Light SanitizerTM.  The manufacturers of these devices have been notified that their devices must have a safety feature that only permits device activation when the UV source is pointing downward. These devices h

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/WNMbtGNvvLI   Activity trackers such as the Apple Watch and the FitBit goad you into exercising at least 40 additional minutes each day.  So say University of South Australia investigators who reviewed about 400 studies covering 164,000 participants.   And those 40 extra minutes of daily exertion, equivalent to about 1800 more steps, trim away 1 kg or 2.2 pounds over a 5 month period.  Since the average person gains a pound a year, the extra activity is responsible for a nearly 8 pound change in the right direction.   https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(22)00111-X/fulltext   #wearables #applewatch #fitbit #weightloss  

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/AITy9El2_wY   Even after years working the night shift, these workers showed a 45% lower median rest-activity rhythm index and were 22% less likely to demonstrate a normal circadian temperature pattern compared with those on the day shift.  This the result of a British study comparing the sleep patterns of 63 night-shift workers with 77 day shift workers using wearable sensors.  Almost all in both groups were women.    Altered circadian and sleep cycles are associated with a suboptimal health status and a higher risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease.   https://www.thelancet.com/journals/ebiom/article/PIIS2352-3964(22)00302-4/fulltext#%20   #nightshift #sleep #circadianrhythms #health #cardiovascular #cancer  

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Lv7aSXaquKA   The FDA and MKS Enterprise LLC are recalling Dose Vital VIP Vital Honey.  This food product contains tadalafil, the active ingredient in the erectile function drug Cialis.  Tadalafil may interact with prescription drugs containing nitrates including nitroglycerin and trigger a significant blood pressure drop.  This honey is being sold on the website wholesaleonline1.com and it constitutes an unapproved medication with unproven safety and efficiency.  If you bought this honey, do not consume it.  Instead mail it back to MKS Enterprise, LLC, 59 Paulison Ave. Passaic, NJ 07055 for a refund.  For more information, contact wholesaleonline1.com at 1-201-206-050 .   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/mks-enterprise-llc-voluntary-recalls-dose-vital-vip-vital-honey-due-presence-undeclared-tadalafil   #dosevital #honey #tadalafil #nitrates #nitroglycerin #hypotension #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/M1Rp0LADzZQ   The FDA and the Big Olaf Creamery is recalling Big Olaf Ice Cream, all flavors, all sizes.  These dairy products are all contaminated with listeria monocyogenes.  This bacterium causes serious and life-threatening infections in the very young, older and frail adults, and in those with compromised immune systems.  Listeria also triggers miscarriages and stillbirths.  This ice cream was sold at Big Olaf retailers in Florida and at one location in Fredrickburg, OH.  Dispose of these products immediately.  For additional information about the recall and refunds, contact Big Olaf at 1-941-365-7483.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/big-olaf-creamery-recalls-ice-cream-because-possible-health-risk   #bigolaf #icecream #listeria #infection #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/5DOOVk3ibx0   The FDA and shopaxx.com are recalling Kingdom Honey Royal Honey VIP.  This food product contains sildenafil, the active ingredient in the erectile function drug Viagra.  Sildenafil may interact with prescription drugs containing nitrates including nitroglycerin and trigger a significant blood pressure drop.  This honey is being promoted and sold for sexual enhancement on the website shopaxx.com, but it constitutes an unapproved medication with unproven safety and efficiency.  If you bought this honey, do not consume it.  Instead mail it back to Shopaax.com, 2 Burleigh Court A5,Newark, DE 19702 for a refund.  For more information, contact shopaxx.com at 1-302-276-4406.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/shopaaxcom-issues-voluntary-recall-kingdom-honey-royal-honey-vip-due-presence-undeclared-sildenafil   #shopaxx #honey #sildenafil #nitrate #nitroglycerin #hypotension #recall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/BZ4TuPniVJo   The FDA and Belfonte Diary announce the recall of Belfonte Chocolate to Die For Premium Ice Cream.  This product has undeclared peanuts.  Those with peanut allergies may develop serious or life-threatening allergic reactions after ingesting this ice cream.  The affected product bears a plant code of 29-050 and a use by date of 5/18/24.  The ice cream has been sold at Hy-Vee, Cash Saver, Harps, Price Mart and Heartland Stores in Kansas City, Kansas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Columbia, Missouri; and Springfield, Missouri.  If you or household members have peanut allergies, return the ice cream to the place of purchase for a full refund.  To obtain more information, call Belfonte Dairy at 1-816-231-2000.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/belfonte-dairy-announces-recall-belfonte-premium-ice-cream-chocolate-die-15-quart-package   #belfonte #chocolateicecream #peanuts #allergy #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/daxG7WvLj4g The FDA and BrandStorm Inc. have recalled several lots of Natierra Freeze-Dried Blueberries.  This product contains levels of lead above the FDA’s recommended safe limits.  High levels of lead in the system causes neurologic and other system damage and is particularly dangerous for children with developing neurologic systems.  Lead poisoning in kids is associated with learning disabilities and other development issues.  The affected product includes: Lot 2021363-1, Best By Date: 12/2024 and Lot 2022026-1, Best By Date: 01/2025.  Do not consume these freeze-dried blueberries.  Return them to the place of purchase for a refund.  If purchased online at Natierra.com, request a refund by emailing salesadmin@BrandStormInc.com.  Questions about this recall may be directed to Natierra at 1-310-559-0259.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/urgent-nationwide-voluntary-recall-natierra-organic-freeze-dried-blueberry-lot-2021363-1-2022026-1   #nat

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/YXCTo1W_LAc   The FDA and Crown Prince have recalled Crown Prince Smoked Baby Clams.  FDA testing of this product detected unsafe levels of PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.  These synthetic organic chemicals, so-called forever chemicals since they accumulate in the human body as well as in the environment, have been associated with elevated cholesterol, high-blood pressure and pre-eclampsia in pregnant women,  childhood developmental problems, impaired immunity, liver malfunction, and cancer.  If you bought these clams, discard them or return them to the point of purchase.  For questions about the recall or refunds, contact Crown Prince at 1-800-447-2524 or via email at cservice@crownprince.com..   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/crown-prince-inc-issues-voluntary-recall-smoked-baby-clams-olive-oil-due-presence-detectable-levels   #crownprince #babyclams #pfas #poisoning #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/tBfk8KVVbK4   The FDA and Sweet Loren’s are recalling Sweet Loren’s Gluten-free Sugar Cookie Dough.  This product contains traces of gluten.  Those with an allergy to wheat and gluten and especially those with celiac disease can develop a serious gastrointestinal reaction if they ingest this cookie dough.  The product with a Lot Code AF22 115, Best By Date 12/1/2022 was sold at retail grocery stores in: FL, LA, MA, NY, NJ, SC, NC, OR, UT, IL, TX, GA, CA, CO, WA, IN, PA, MD, DC, TN, AL, MI, OH, DC, KY, AR, and AK.  If you bought this sugar cookie dough, return it to the place of purchase for a refund.  Direct questions to Sweet Loren’s at 1-855-496-0532 or use the email QA@sweetlorens.com.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/sweet-lorens-inc-issues-voluntary-allergy-alert-undeclared-gluten-product   #sweetlorens #sugarcookie #dough #glutenfree #celiac #allergy #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/L93crkrdM_E   The FDA and Vi-Jon, LLC are expanding their recall of Magnesium Citrate Saline Laxative Oral Solution, Lemon Flavor beyond only CVS.  These are: Best Choice, Care One, Cariba, Cruz Blanc, Discount Drug Mart, Equaline, Equate Exchange Select, Family Wellness, Good Sense, Harris Teeter, HEB, Health Mart, Kroger, Leader, Major, Meijer, Premier Value, Publix, Quality Choice, Recall Rite Aid Signature Care, Sound Body, Sunmark, Swan, Tricare, Up & Up and Walgreens. These laxative products are contaminated with the bacterium Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens.  Immunocompromised persons infected with the bacterium can develop serious and life-threatening invasive infections. Stop using these products and return them to the place of purchase for a refund.  For additional information, contact Vi-Jon, LLC via e-mail Recalls@Vijon.com.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/vi-jon-llc-expands-voluntary-nationwide-recall-magnesium-citrate-saline-

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/F6Obm6wWcYQ   The CPSC and Westfield Outdoor are recalling Outfitter and Big Horn Tents.  The stove jack ring on these tents may deteriorate after high temperature exposures creating toxic smoke within the tent and smoke inhalation risks.  About 5,050 of these tents were sold in company stores and online by Cabela’s and Bass Pro Shops.  Stop using wood stoves inside these tents and contact Westfield Outdoor at 1-877-579-1550 or via email at bassprostovejack@westfieldoutdoors.com to receive a free replacement stove jack ring as well as instructions for its installation.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Westfield-Outdoor-Recalls-Tents-Due-to-Injury-Hazard-Sold-Exclusively-at-Cabelas-and-Bass-Pro-Shops-Recall-Alert   #cabela #basspro #tents #woodstove #jackring #smoke #smokeinhalation #recall