Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/ent05XqbF_U   The FDA and the H-E-B Co. are recalling Hill Country Fare Pink Lemonade, Citrus Punch, Fruit Drink, and Grape Drink.  These products contain undeclared milk allergen.  Those with milk allergies could develop a nasty allergic or even life-threatening reaction by drinking these products.  The juice drinks in question were sold in HEB stores in Texas and Mexico, Joes V’s, and Mi Tienda stores.  If you bought these products, return them to the store for a full refund.  You may reach HEB customer service for more information by calling 1-855-432-4438.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/h-e-b-voluntarily-issues-recall-hill-country-fare-juice-drinks-are-being-voluntarily-recalled-h-e-b   #recall #hillcountry #hebstores #milk  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/28VUP2F_Ffc   The FDA and GSK Consumer Healthcare care recalling several lots of Children’s Robitussin Honey Cough and Chest Congestion DM  and one lot of Children’s Dimetapp Cold and Cough.  Seems that the dosing cups included with these products have no 5 and/or 10 milliliter dosing markings rendering the cups useless to parents.  The cups have only 20 milliliter markings, and using this much of the product could be dangerous depending upon the weight of the child.  The lots involved are 02177 and 02178 for the Robitussin and lot CL8292 for the Dimetapp.  If you have these products, don’t use the measuring cups.  Contact GSK at 1-800-762-4675 to obtain the proper dosing cups.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/gsk-consumer-healthcare-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-childrens-robitussinr-honey-cough-and   #recall #robitussin #dimetapp #gsk

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/hDcF7OUG0rY   The CPSC and Honda America have recalled Honda ROVs.  The vehicle’s transmission’s park position does not prevent the machine from rolling leading to possible crashes and personal injuries.  The vehicles involved are Pioneer and Talon models sold in various colors.  If you’re zooming around in one of these, stop riding them and  call Honda America at 1-866-784-1870 pronto to arrange a repair.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Recreational-Off-Highway-Vehicles-Recalled-by-American-Honda-Due-to-Crash-and-Injury-Hazards-Recall-Alert   #recall #cpsc, #rov #honda  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/RzBSffEOP1k   The CPSC and the Modus Furniture Co. are recalling their Brighton 9 drawer dressers, the Bow-front dressers, Travis 9 drawer dressers, Bevelle dressers, and Wooden 9 drawer dressers.  These dressers are big and heavy, 245 pounds, and they are unstable if their mirrors are not installed.  These dressers have been sold at Costco and other stores nationwide.   Again, as I’ve reported with so many recalled dressers, they may tip over, fall on children, and inflict injuries or even kill the poor kids.  The dressers, even with the tip over restraint kits, do not meet applicable federal safety standards.  If you have one of these beasts in your home, sequester it from the children.  Contact Modus at 1-888-859-2129 for a compliant restraint kit and a free in-home installation of the kit.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Modus-Furniture-Recalls-Dressers-Due-to-Tip-Over-and-Entrapment-Hazards-Recall-Alert   #recall #cpsc #dresser #tipover

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/vC_peTfk_Lk   The CPSC and Lochinvar now recall the Lochinvar Condensing Residential Boilers.  The boiler’s flue grommet can malfunction causing the boiler to emit carbon monoxide with resultant poisoning.  If you have one of these boilers bubbling in your basement, get the serial number off the tank and call Lochinvar at 1-833-232-9706 to find out if your heater is affected.  If it is they will help you arrange a repair.  Carbon monoxide is deadly dangerous, so get on this..,,,please.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Lochinvar-Recalls-Condensing-Residential-Boilers-Due-to-Risk-of-Carbon-Monoxide-Poisoning #recall #cpsc #boiler #lochinvar #carbonmonoxide

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/V0VgAe2y4i0   The CPSC and Rexair LLC are recalling the Rainbow SRX Vacuums.  The circuit board on the vacuum may short-circuit and spark leading to fire and burn risks.  The model involved is the RHCS19 Type 120 water-based filtration vacuum cleaner.  If you’re pushing one of these around your living room, shut it off, stop using it, and call a Rainbow distributor for a free repair.  For more detailed information, reach Rexair Co. at 1-833-940-2775.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Rexair-Recalls-to-Repair-Rainbow-SRX-Vacuums-Due-to-Fire-and-Burn-Hazards   #recall #cpsc #vacuum #rexair   

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/z1HLevB-Rk0   The CPSC and the HON Company are recalling the HON Office Chairs.  The chair’s mesh see-through back can break with possible user falls and injuries.  The chairs involved are the Maxon MXMO series chairs. These chairs are sold through HON and Maxon dealers as well as online at staples.com and office depot.com. If you’re sitting in one of these chairs right now, stand up, stop using the chair, and call the HON Company for a free replacement back.  Just dial  1-800-833-3964.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/HON-Recalls-Office-Chairs-Due-to-Fall-Hazard   #recall #cpsc #deskchair #hon  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/JFq5LxA9wGE   With public spaces reopening, how do you go out without having to cross your legs until you get back home.  New studies show that toilet flushes generate a cloud of possibly virus-contaminated aerosol while established data reveals a rest room to be a microbe sewer with contamination on every surface.   Remember that CoVid is shed longer from the gastrointestinal tract than from the lungs so asymptomatic persons are likely to have toxic feces.   The rules are simple: Wear a filtration mask. Close any lid, and turn away from the toilet and urinal as they flush. Distance from other users. Wash your hands with soap and water, best, or 70%+ alcohol as you depart.   https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0013318   #covid #restroom #aerosols #flushing #mask #distance #wash    

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/auJkLEufIU4   The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine, branded as Prozac and Saracen and prescribed for depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating problems, and panic issues turns out to significantly slow the replication of the novel coronavirus in tissue culture.  The drug works at concentrations typically found in patients using this medication.   Virologists at Germany’s University of Würzburg discovered this phenomenon during their screening of already marketed prescription drugs for anti-CoVid19 activity.  Although Prozac was effective, other popular selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors including Lexapro and Paxil failed to have this effect.  Prozac did not inhibit other viruses including herpes, RSV, or rabies.   The researchers hope that Prozac may prove to be therapy for early stages of CoVid.   https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.14.150490v2.full.pdf   #covid #prozac #fluoxetine #ssri  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/9QhIuE89Bic   CoVid patients treated with tocilizumab and corticosteroids enjoy a 54% lower in-hospital mortality.  A study of 3098 patients treated within the giant metro New York City Northwell Health System was just released on the pre-print server medrixiv.org.   The study of various immunomodulators’ effects on the deadly CoVid cytokine storm showed that Actemra+steroids reduced mortality best followed by steroids alone at 30% and Actemra alone at 28%.  Anakinra, another modulator, showed no effect.   This data adds another therapy option for clinicians treating life-threatening cases of CoVid19.  As always, the best treatment of any disease is prevention.  You control that by following MDW: masking, distancing, and washing.   https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.16.20126714v1.full.pdf   #covid #actemra #steroids #tocilizumab #mortality  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/NTFo_Mbc2j0   As professional sports open in a city, the influenza mortality rate rises as much as 24%.  Statisticians at West Virginia University report this information adding that CoVid will be similar to the flu but way more infectious and deadly.   The data shows that introduction of NHL hockey into a city bumps the flu deaths 24%, NFL games trigger a 17% increase, MLB baseball a 5.3% jump, and NBA basketball a 4.7% bump.  The analysis takes into account the seasonal temperatures and humidity.   The investigators propose that similar if not more dramatic increases will be seen with CoVid once sports restart.  Fans will beat the odds using masks, distancing, and washing.   https://bit.ly/3el2nsm   #covid #sports #masks #distancing #washing  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/MP1WdHpiQoQ   Eighty-five percent of singers caught CoVid from a single infected person during one 2.5 hour rehearsal.  Environmental engineers now analyze this Washington State case report..   During the March 10th rehearsal in question, the precautions taken only included use of hand sanitizer and no physical contacts such as hugging or handshaking.  Face masks were not used.  Attendees rapidly became sick over the 5 days following the rehearsal.  Studying the group placement chart, spread of virus appeared random.  Air was recirculated through a standard commercial filter.   This is a wake up call.  Re-opening cannot be business as usual and be safe.  MDW: mask, distance, wash.   https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.15.20132027v2.full.pdf   #covid #airborne #masks  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/kJbBDUTvV_M   A superheated nickel foam air filtration system can catch and kill 99.9% of CoVid19 virus passing through it.  This according to a study completed by the Universities of Houston and Texas.   CoVid19 is airborne and challenges our efforts to reopen restaurants and mass transit where air recirculates in closed spaces. CoVid cannot live in temperatures above 160˚ F, and the researchers developed tightly packed nickel foam filters that may be heated to nearly 500˚ F while not unduly heating the air passing through it.   Look for other air disinfection systems using UVC radiation and other micro-filters as we all get back to work and play.   https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.13.150243v1.full.pdf #covid #airfiltration #nickel  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/PkD7gqdQnRI   Roughly half of those who test positive for CoVid virus are completely free of any disease symptoms,  A Chinese study just published in Nature Medicine compared clinical profiles and test results for 37 asymptomatic patients with 37 who were sickened by the virus.   Those asymptomatic shed measurable virus 72% longer than those with symptoms.  Around 82% of both asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID patients form IgG antibodies, but antibody levels of symptomatic patients were 6-fold higher than those of asymptomatic patients.   Asymptomatic CoVid carriers are potentially infectious longer than those obviously sickened by the virus.  Anti-viral antibodies seem not to be keeping those spewing virus healthy.  Other factors are at play.   https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0965-6   https://www.healthline.com/health-news/50-percent-of-people-with-covid19-not-aware-have-virus   #covid #asymptomatic #antibodies  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/qNFMRfe5jQM   The FDA and Rusty’s Seafood Market are recalling Captain Rusty’s Seafood Dips.  The various varieties of these dips contain undeclared allergens including fish, shellfish, wheat, eggs, soy and milk.  The products involved are plastic containers and plastic buckets of the following dips: smoked salmon, smoked mahi, lobster, crab and lobster, and blue crab.  Customers may return any of these dips for a complete refund.  To obtain more details about the return, contact Rusty’s Seafood Mark at 1-818-244-2799.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/rustys-seafood-market-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-allergens-fish-crustacean-shellfish-eggs-milk   #recall #rustysseafooddips #seafooddips #allergens  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/muAXTbR71ZY   The FDA and the Now Health Group are recalling Now Real Food Raw Macadamia Nuts.  Lot # 3141055 had a possible contamination with salmonella.  This bacterium can cause serious and potentially fatal gastroenteritis in the very young, frail, elders, or those with weak immune systems.  If you have this product at home, do not consume it and return it immediately to the point of purchase for a full refund.  If you require more information, contact the company at 1-888-669-3663.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/now-health-group-inc-voluntarily-recalls-now-real-food-rraw-macadamia-nuts-because-possible-health   #recall #fda #macadamianuts #salmonella

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/N9zN3czEKV4   The CPSC and Davina Wellness have recalled bottles of Davina Wintergreen Essential Oil and Davina Kneads Relief Sore Muscle Blend.  These products contain methylsalicylate. and must be in child-resistant packaging as per the federal Poison Prevention Packaging Act.  Immediately store these bottles in locations unreachable by children.  Contact Davina Wellness at 844-328-4629 for a replacement, child-resistant cap.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Davina-Wellness-Recalls-Wintergreen-Essential-Oil-and-Essential-Oil-Blend-with-Wintergreen-Due-to-Failure-to-Meet-Child-Resistant-Packaging-Requirement-Risk-of-Poisoning-Recall-Alert   #recall #cpsc #wintergreenoil #davina

R Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/dTzWw6IKGew   The CPSC and Bonnsu have recalled Miniware Teething Spoons.  The silicone spoon may break or be easily bitten into pieces by a child causing a choking hazard.  These spoons manufactured in various colors have been sold in sets of two and as part of  First Bites Meal Kits, First Bites Travel Kits, and Sip and Snack Kits.   The spoons and kits have been sold over the past nearly 3 years online at miniware.com and amazon.com and in stores including Dillard’s, The Tot, Turquoise, The Mellowland, Mom Loves Me, and Bitte.   If you have these spoons or kits, stop using them and contact Bonnsu at 1-855-334-8129 for a free replacement product or to request a refund.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Bonnsu-Recalls-Miniware-Teething-Spoons-Due-to-Choking-Hazard   #recall #cpsc #spoons #parenting #infants #choking  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/KS8IDOOxwZ8   The CPSC and Ushio America have recalled the Indiglow LED T8 Lamps.  This product may overheat causing the lamp to fall from ceiling or wall fixtures possible striking and injuring bystanders.  Stop using these lamps, remove them from fixtures, and contact the company for a refund or replacement lamp.  You may reach the company at 1-800-838-7446.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Ushio-America-Recalls-Indiglow-LED-T8-Lamps-Due-to-Injury-Hazard   #recall #csc #ledt8lamps #ushio  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/-Xh9AD9U1Og   The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Island Wear Inc. have recalled Island Wear Umbrella Strollers.   These stroller are unsafe since the location of the restraint system produces a large gap between the restraint and the seat.  In addition, the covering on the grab bar may detach and expose the underlying foam creating a child choking hazard.  These are violations of the federal Carriages and Strollers Safety standards.  Immediately stop placing your children in these strollers and return them to the point of purchase for a refund.  Questions may be directed to Island Wear at 1-844-449-4144.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2020/Island-Wear-Recalls-Strollers-Due-to-Violation-of-Federal-Stroller-and-Carriage-Safety-Standard-Fall-and-Choking-Hazards   #recall #cpsc #stroller #parenting