Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/RVEomuV_pwA   The CPSC and Home Easy are recalling Geek Heat DH-QN06 Personal Heaters.  The power switch on these heaters may spark when the switch is turned on or off creating a fire hazard.  About 3,000 of these personal heaters were sold at Army & Air Force Exchange Service stores nationwide, at the New Jersey chain of Value Zone stores, and online at amazon.com, walmart.com. target.com, and wayfair.com.  Immediately discontinue use of these defective heaters and unplug the power cords.  In order to obtain a refund, cut the power cord, mark the heater as defective, take a photo of the destroyed heater, and email it to Home Easy at recall@homeeasy.net.  For more information about the recall, contact Home Easy by phone at 1-844-801-8880 or via email at recall@homeeasy.net.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Home-Easy-Recalls-Geek-Heat-Personal-Heaters-Due-to-Fire-Hazard   #homeeasy #personalheater #powerswitch #spark #fire #burns #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/NBe2e0_ta34   The CPSC and AllMeinGeld are recalling AllMeInGeld children’s nightgowns.  These nightgowns fail to meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear, posing a risk of burn injuries to children.  About 3900 of these nightgowns were sold online at amazon.com.  Do not permit your child to wear these nightgowns.  Amazon will contact you and provide prepaid mailers to return the garments for a full refund.  Alternatively, you can contact AllMeinGeld via email at yong-yi.US@outlook.com in order to obtain the mailer, refund, or additional information about this recall.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Childrens-Nightgowns-Recalled-by-AllMeInGeld-Due-to-Violation-of-Federal-Flammability-Standards-and-Burn-Hazard-Sold-Exclusively-on-Amazon-com   #allmeingeld #nightgowns #flammability #fires #burns #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/iZLCIDMEhnE   The CPSC and Petzl are recalling Petzl Scorpio Eashook Lanyards with Carabiners.   These devices are designed for adventure pack up.  The carabiner’s automatic closing system may malfunction and pose a risk of serious injury or death to the user.  About 230 of these lanyards were sold in the U/S and 22 were sold in Canada at Omni Progear, Ouray Mountain Sports, Moosejaw Mountaineering, Backcountry Gear Ltd. and boutique shops nationwide and online at www.petzl.com.  Do not use these defective lanyard-carabiners and contact Petzl by phone at 1-877-807-3805 or via email at Returns@petzl.com to obtain a postpaid return envelope and a refund.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Petzl-Recalls-Lanyards-with-Carabiners-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death   #petzl #lanyardcarabiners #accidentalrelease #injhury #death #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/qftKElQGa8U   The CPSC and Stance have recalled Stance Kids Reiny Szn Mid-Cushion Crew Socks.  The decorative bells attached to the socks may detach and create aspiration and choking hazards for younger children.  About 10,800 of these socks were sold nationwide by Stance and specialty and premium apparel stores and online at www.Stance.com.  Stop permitting your child to wear these socks and return them to a Stance store or contact the company by phone at 1-888-391-9020 or via mail at info@stance.com to obtain a prepaid return shipping envelope and a $20 credit to use for your next Stance purchase.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Stance-Recalls-Kids-Crew-Socks-Due-to-Choking-Hazard   #stance #socks #bells #choking #children #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/UPN8itcSS7o   The CPSC and Harbor Freight Tools announce the recall of Pittsburgh Automotive Pneumatic Roller Seats.  The connection from the seat to the seat post is unstable and creates fall hazards.  About 478, 800 of these seats were sold nationwide at Harbor Freight Tools stores and online at www.harborfreight.com.  Discontinue your use of these recalled seats and return them to your nearest Harbor Freight store for a replacement or a refund.  For more information or to arrange to ship your recalled chairs back postpaid, contact Harbor Freight Tools at 1-800-444-3353  or via email at recall@harborfreight.com.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Harbor-Freight-Tools-Recalls-Seats-Due-to-Fall-Hazard   #harborfreight #rollerseats #seatpost #fall #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/nIvx5b5XBLw   The CPSC and Stack Em’ Up Books now recall Adam the Apple Children’s Stackable Toys.  The paint on these wooden toys contains hazardous levels of lead that exceed the federal lead paint standards.  Lead is toxic and may cause profound neurologic problems if ingested by young children.  About 200 toys were sold at online at www.stackemupbooks.com.  Take this toy away from your children and contact Stack Em’ Up Books by phone at 1-267-987-3328 or via email at contact@stackemupbooks.com to receive a prepaid shipping label for returning the toy and to receive a refund.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Stack-Em-Up-Books-Recalls-Childrens-Stackable-Toys-Due-to-Violation-of-the-Federal-Lead-Paint-Ban-and-Lead-Poisoning-Hazard   #appletheapple #stackabletoy #lead #poisoning #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/OfD1vWHbL3w   The CPSC and Positec USA are recalling WORX Brand 13 Amp 1900 PSI Electric Pressure Washers.  Its sprayer hose may separate from the wand creating  an impact injury hazard to the user or any bystanders.  About 17,630 of these spray washer were sold at Menards stores in the Midwest and at other independent hardware stores nationwide and online at https://www.menards.com.  If you bought one of these power washers, contact Posittec USA by phone at 1-855–444–2833 or via email at pressurewasherrecall@worx.com to arrange for a free prepaid shipping label to return your washer and to receive a replacement washer.    https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Positec-USA-Recalls-WORX-Electric-Pressure-Washers-Due-to-Impact-Injury-Hazard   #worx #pressurewasher #hose #injury #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/k_Vjo8uMOuQ   The CPSC and Shop LC now recall Shop LC Personal Electric Space Heaters.  These heaters may overheat and create fire and burn hazards in the home or office.  About 4500 of these space heaters were sold on Shop LC television networks airing on DirecTV channels 75 and 226, AT&T channels 399 and 1399, Verizon channel 159, Comcast, Cox, Time Warner, Charter, Roku, Amazon Fire, Google Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV and online at www.shoplc.com.  If you bought one of these heaters contact Shop LE by phone at 1-877-899-0078 or via email at customerservice@shoplc.com to obtain a free return shipping label and a refund.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Shop-LC-Recalls-Electric-Space-Heaters-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards-Recall-Alert   #shoplc #heater #overheat #fire #burn #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/yBX_9afjSmA   The CPSC and Serta are recalling recent models of Serta Perfect Sleeper Mattresses.  The mattresses involved in the recall are white single-sided mattresses in all sizes with navy blue side panels manufactured from July 15m 2021 through August 6, 2021.  These mattresses fail to meet the mandatory federal flammability standards for mattresses and thus create fire and burn hazards. The mattresses in question were sold at Aaron’s Furniture, Ashley Furniture, Macy’s, and Sam’s Club stores nationwide and online at serta.com.  If you think you own one of these mattresses, immediately stop using it and contact Serta by phone at 1-888-762-0013  or via email at sertasupport@sertasimmons.com, to verify whether your mattress is included in the recall.  If so, Serta will ship you a replacement mattress and pick up yours free of charge.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Serta-Recalls-Mattresses-Due-to-Violation-of-Federal-Mattress-Flammability-Standard-and-Fire-Hazard-Recall-A

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/KPZ9FKOsPmw   The CPSC and BRP are recalling 2022 S Can-Am Outlander All Terrain Vehicles.  Inaccurate speedometers underreport the true speed of the vehicle by 50%, and this defect may trigger reckless driving, loss of control, and injuries to the driver, bystanders, and property.  About 1300 of these ATVs were sold in the US.  Immediately stop using these recalled vehicles and contact a Can-Am dealer for a free repair. For more information, contact BRP at 1-888–272–9222.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/BRP-Recalls-All-Terrain-Vehicles-ATVs-Due-to-Crash-Hazard-Recall-Alert   #canam #atv #speedometer #crash #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/isf9uc5cdqo   The CPSC and BRP are recalling 2022 Ski-Doo Expedition 900 ACE snowmobiles.  An inaccurate speedometer underreports the true speed of the vehicle by 50%, and this defect may trigger reckless driving, loss of control, and injuries to the driver, bystanders, and property.  About 400 of these snowmobiles were sold in the US.  Consumers should immediately stop using these recalled vehicles and contact a Ski-Doo dealer for a free repair. For more information, contact BRP at 1-888–272–9222.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/BRP-Recalls-Snowmobiles-Due-to-Crash-Hazard-Recall-Alert   #skidoo #snowmobile #speedometer #crash #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/bLgXNajX_xo   The FDA and the Royal Ice Cream Co. are recalling Batch Ice Cream’s Vanilla, Ginger, and Mocha Chip Ice Cream flavors.  These ice creams are contaminated with listeria monocyogenes.  This bacterium can trigger serious and sometimes fatal disease in the young, elders, and in those with immune competence issues.  These ice creams were sold by Market Basket stores in MA, Big Y Stores in MA and CT, and by Roche Brothers Markets in MA.  They are all coded with the Date of manufacture of 1/19/22 and Best by of 7/19/23.  If you bought these ice creams, do not consume them.  Return them to the place of purchase for a refund.  For more information, contact the Royal Ice Cream Co by phone at 1-860-649-5358.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/royal-ice-cream-company-inc-recalls-batch-ice-cream-brand-vanilla-ginger-and-mocha-chip-ice-cream   #fda #batchicecream #listeria #infection #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/INzbaScmmuo   The FDA and Junp LLC have recalled MegMan Performance Booster Capsules.   This dietary supplement marketed for male virility enhancement is contaminated with tadalafil, a prescription drug used for therapy of erectile dysfunction, and a phosphodiesterase.  This agent may react with medications containing nitrates such as nitroglycerin and other medications taken by those with heart disease and diabetes leading to dangerously low blood pressures.  The presence of tadalafil in this product makes it an unapproved drug with safety and effectiveness issues. The affected lot is # 2010291, Exp Date 01/07/2024 sold by amazon.com, eBay.com, and by other online retailers.  If you bought this product, contact the website from which you purchased it for instructions on returning it for a refund.  For more information, contact Junp LLC by phone at 1-929-559-4706 or by email: junpllc@yahoo.com.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/junp-llc-issues-

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/nXE68BbDE_I   The FDA and Golden Medal Mushrooms Inc. are recalling Golden Medal Enoki Mushrooms.  These mushrooms have been contaminated with listeria monocyogenes.  This bacterium can cause serious and sometimes fatal disease in the young, elders, and in those with immune competence issues.  The product in question has the lot # 300511 and was sold in Chicago.  Do not consume this product but return it to the place of purchase for a refund.  For additional information, contact Golden Metal Mushroom by phone at 1-323-720-9126.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/golden-medal-mushroom-inc-recalls-enoki-mushrooms-because-possible-health-risk-0   #enokimushrooms #goldenmetalmushrooms #listeria #infection #recall   

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/XPhwd2TDnJQ   The FDA, La Fiesta Food Products Inc., Spice and Chili, El Chavito, El Super Leon Ponchin Snacks Inc., and Rojas Inc now recall La Fiesta Saladitos Con Chile (Salted Plums with Chili), Spice and Chili Saladitos Dried Salted Plums With Chili, El Chavito Saladitos Dried Salted Plums and Saladitos Enchilados Salted Plums With Chili, El Leoncito, El Super Leon branded Saladitos Dry Salted Plums with and without Chili, and finally Lupag Plain Dried Salted Plums.  These products are all contaminated with lead.  Though we are all exposed to tiny amounts of lead on a daily basis, exposure to larger amounts is toxic, particularly for infants and children.  Lead poisoning may trigger signs of illness including abdominal pain, vomiting, lethargy, irritability, weakness, behavior or mood changes, delirium, seizures, and coma.  Chronic exposures may produce no acute symptoms in children but lead to neurotoxicity with learning disability and developmental delay.  The LaFiesta prod

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/mbafxXz_Ksk   The FDA is trumpeting a rare warning to consumers not to use the E25Bio COVID-19 Direct Antigen Rapid Test or DART.  This test has not been authorized, cleared or approved by the FDA for sale and distribution in the US despite false labeling suggesting that it has been FDA authorized.  This product may also be sold under the trade name E25Bio SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test Kit.   The FDA is concerned that these test kits may yield false and misleading results as the E25Bio company has not provided the FDA with data that confirms the test’s accuracy.  The FDA is also concerned that the instructions accompanying these test kits instruct users to collect samples from the throat by thrusting the swab through the nose into the upper throat or swabbing the middle portion of the throat through the mouth.  Such self-collection may be hazardous.   This FDA warning will be embarrassing to MIT, the Mass. Institute of Technology as the E25Bio Co. is an MIT spinoff started by Professor

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/_8wXecySftw   A number of viewers have inquired how they may obtain more information about the studies that I report.  There are two ways to obtain the references to the material I use in my broadcasts.   First is via my website drhowardsmith.com.  Go to the website and look for the menu items podnotes.  They are organized by current year and previous years.  Look up the notes for the month and week the report appeared.  Each report has the complete story and clickable references.   Secondly you can go to the report on my YouTube feed.  Each report there has the complete manuscript and clickable references.   Hope this helps for those of you who want to drill down deeper on a particular subject.

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/NZAh4xw4Cl4   I recently saw an ad for a portable EKG device called the KardiaMobile 6L. It’s a clever little device that permits you to record a 6 lead EKG at home. What caught my eye was the term FDA-cleared on the ad.  So I checked on the FDA’s website to find out just what that means.   The first step in the process of legal marketing of a medical device in the US is registration with the FDA.  If an FDA Registered medical device is substantially similar to a medical device previously registered, proven by rigorous testing to safe and effective, and approved by the FDA, it becomes FDA Cleared for marketing.  A device that is only FDA Cleared has itself not been subjected to the rigorous testing necessary to be labeled FDA-Approved.  If a device is not obviously similar to one approved, the FDA can still grant it an administrative clearance for marketing, the the device will be deemed FDA Granted.  Only devices that have undergone controlled testing and proven beyond a doubt sa

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Qdxd29SFRZ0   Those CoVid positive patients with chronic medical conditions that could land them in the hospital on a ventilator or worse did not receive the relatively scarce outpatient antiCovid monoclonal antibodies that would protect them from those fates.  Public health investigators at Harvard’s and Dartmouth’s medical schools draw this conclusion from their studies of Medicare claims data for services between November 2020 and August 2021.     Data analysis revealed that the likelihood of receiving this vital preemptive therapy was a relatively robust 23% for those without any complicating medical issues compared with about 6% for those with 1-5 chronic conditions and a shameful 4.7% for those with 6 or more chronic conditions.  Those receiving these cutting edge therapies were also less likely to be black or on Medicaid.   The investigators suggest that those most in need had difficulties navigating the the multiple steps necessary to obtain these infusions and had less ac

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/vj2II7cefKI   Long-term cannabis smoking damages the lung in ways different from tobacco smoking.  This conclusion stems from a collaborative study conducted by New Zealand’s University of Otago and our own Duke University,   The researchers reviewed longitudinal data from 881 participants beginning at age 18 and extending to age 45.  Cannabis and tobacco use were recorded through the years, and detailed pulmonary functions were assessed at age 45.     Cannabis smoking, in contrast to tobacco smoking, leads to marked pulmonary hyperinflation or lung bloating sometimes called bong lung.  Smoking either leaf leads to increased airflow resistance that triggers reduced oxygen extraction and defacto suffocation.   https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1164/rccm.202109-2058OC   #cannabis #tobacco #lungdamage #emphysema #bonglung