Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cVFOirVTV/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Randder are calling Randder 2-Pack Liquid Fuel Bottles.  These portable fuel containers lack child-resistant closures leading to flammable liquid spillage with a risk of burns or poisoning. About 1830 of these bottles were sold on amazon.com. Stop using these fuel bottles and contact Randder at catherine0216@outlook.com in order to receive a child-resistant cap. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/Randder-Liquid-Fuel-Bottles-Recalled-Due-to-Risk-of-Burn-and-Poisoning-Violation-of-the-Childrens-Gasoline-Burn-Prevention-Act-Sold-Exclusively-on-Amazon-com-by-Render-Store #randder #fuel #bottle #childrisk #burns #poisoning #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cUcKerN_q/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Crate and Barrel now recall Crate & Barrel Hampshire Cribs as the mattress support pins fail allowing the mattress and your baby to drop out. About 3,200 of these cribs were sold in the US and about 120 were sold in Canada. Take your baby out of these dangerous cribs and contact Crate and Barrel at 1-800-967-6696 to arrange a free repair or a full refund. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/Crate-Barrel-Recalls-Hampshire-Cribs-Due-to-Fall-Hazard #crateandbarrel #crib #mattress #falls #injuries #recall

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cSorkLZLu/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Full Speed Aheads are recalling Gossamer Pro AGX+ cranksets.  The arms and attached pedals detach from these cranks leading to crashes, falls, and injuries.  Affected are units with serial numbers beginning with B1, B2 or B3. About 12,300 of these cranksets and about 250 were sold in Canada at bike stores with Cannondale, Canyon, Marin, Haro, Fuji, and Pinarello bikes and as replacement parts. Stop riding your bike if it is equipped with this crankset. Contact Full Speed Ahead at 1-877-743-3372  or via email at Recall-USA@fullspeedahead.com for information regarding free dealer installation of a free replacement crankset. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/Full-Speed-Ahead-Recalls-Gossamer-Pro-AGX-Cranksets-Sold-on-Bicycles-Due-to-Fall-and-Injury-Hazards #gossamer #crankset #detachment #crashes #falls #injuries #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cSCU2rQNY/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and the 3M Technical Service Team are recalling 3M Peltor X4 Series Earmuffs.  These noise-silencing earmuffs develop cracks and allow deafening sound to reach your ears leading to hearing losses. About 40,000 sound earmuffs were sold in the US and about 6,700 were sold in Canada and industrial distributors nationwide and online at amazon.com. Stop relying on these 3M earmuffs and contact the company at 1-800-243-4630 to receive a free replacement pair. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/3M-Recalls-Peltor-X4-Series-Earmuffs-Due-to-Risk-of-Overexposure-to-Loud-Noise-and-Sound #3M #earmuffs #cracks #noise #hearingloss #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cRUA9LDjk/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Oregon Tool are recalling Oregon, PowerPro, Country Tuff, and Speeco branded log splitters and cylinder kits.  The hydraulic cylinder rod on these units separates from the piston, the wedge won’t retract properly, and when the piston moves again the rod and wedge move unpredictably leading to injuries. About 29,560 of these units were sold in the US and about 4,690 were sold in Canada at Lowe’s, Tractor Supply Company, and other stores nationwide. If the wedge on your log splitter fails to retract properly, stop running it.  Contact Oregon Tool or an Oregon dealer at 1-833-948-2590 or email them at logsplitter@oregontool.com to arrange for free installation of a replacement cylinder.  Don’t try to fix the unit yourself.  Not a do-it-yourself job. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/Oregon-Tool-Recalls-Log-Splitters-and-Cylinder-Kits-Due-to-Injury-Hazards #oregontool #logsplitter #cylinder #injuries #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cQhyEL3l5/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and JAKKS Pacific nows recall Mario Kart™ 24V Ride-On Racer Cars.  The accelerator pedal sticks when debris-clogged leading to unexpected, continued vehicle operation, crashes, and injuries.  Affected are cars with date codes: 1752VE01, 1782VE01, 1952VE01, 2242VE01, 2352VE01, 2852VE01, 0583VE01. About 17,500 of these ride-on cars were sold at Target, Walmart, Entertainment Earth, and Nebraska Furniture Mart and online at Amazon.com, Macys.com and GameStop.com. Don’t let your children ride these cars.  Contact JAKKS Pacific at 1-855-602-5464 to receive a free repair kit with a replacement pedal and installation instructions. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/JAKKS-Pacific-Recalls-Childrens-Mario-Kart-Ride-On-Racer-Car-Toys-Due-to-Crash-Hazard #mariokart #rideon #car #accelerator #crashes #injuries #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cPyTvLMrE/ The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Crosman are recalling Crosman Icon 177 and .22 Caliber Air Rifles.  A loaded rifle, even if uncocked can suddenly and unpredictably discharge if jolted or dropped leading to injuries, some severe.  Affected are model numbers CPI77S and CPI22S. About 2500 of these rifles were sold Do It Best Hardware, True Value, Service star and Sportsman’s Guide stores nationwide, or online at Crosman.com, pyramydair.com and Amazon.com. Stop using these rifles and contact Crosman at 1-800-724-7486 or via email at iconrecall@crosman.com to receive either a refund or a Crosman store credit.  Crosman will send you a prepaid shipping box to return the weapon in order to get the refund. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2024/Crosman-Recalls-Icon-Air-Rifles-Due-to-Injury-Hazard #crosman #rifle #firing #injuries #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6W4w-RLFFy/ Kudos to the Energizer Battery company for working with the nonprofit, parent-initiated Reese’s Purpose foundation to develop the first child-safer button and hearing aid coin battery that helps to prevent the potentially fatal ingestion problem.  These little batteries look good enough to eat.  When swallowed, they lodge in the throat or anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract and burn through the linings leading to devastating consequences. Called the Energizer 3-in-1 Shield, the company has employed 3 design changes to make these tiny batteries safer for babies and young children.  ONE.  The company has covered these candy look-alike batteries with a bitter coating to discourage swallowing.  TWO. These batteries carry a non-toxic blue dye that will discolor the a child’s lips and mouth in order to warn a parent that a battery has been swallowed.  THREE.  Enhanced child-resistant packaging.  Brilliant. This landmark development was driven in no small

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6W3-7_Luib/ PowerHeal is a bioelectric bandage that generates microcurrrents capable of accelerating healing.  Developed and manufactured by Vormaris, the polyester dressing contains elemental silver and zinc microcell batteries that generate the healing currents after activation by conductive tissue fluids.  In addition to promoting wound healing, these “sparky” bandages inhibit the formation of biofilms that harbor harmful bacteria.   If you have a wound that just doesn’t seem to want to heal, you might want to try PowerHeal. Powerheal bioelctric bandages are available on amazon.com and at powerhealwounds.com for prices ranging from $6 to $9 per bandage depending on it size. https://www.empr.com/home/news/powerheal-bioelectric-bandage-available-otc-for-wound-management/ #powerheal #bioelectric #bandage

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6W28Z6r14f/ The FDA has just approved the prescription phone app Rejoyn, created by Otsuka and Click Therapeutics.  It’s designed to be used by those with major depression already taking medications.  The app is to be used for 2 hours a week over 6 weeks. Its use results in significant resolution of depressive symptoms.   This benefit was demonstrated during a controlled study involving 400 depressed participants.  The app provides a therapeutic exercise called the Emotional Faces Memory Task that helps train an individual’s brain to better manage negative thoughts.  Essentially the app provides physical therapy for the mind.   We don’t yet have a price for this phone-based program, but it will require a prescription in order to be downloaded. https://otsuka-us.com/news/rejoyn-fda-authorized #depression #smartphone #prescription #negativity

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6W16gsLYG9/ The most common diseases of childhood, measles, whooping cough, mumps, diphtheria, and meningitis, once almost completely eradicated,  are now being regularly reported in Europe.  They will almost certainly spread across the ocean to your neighborhood.  This resurgence of communicable diseases is due to one public health disaster.  That is a rising tendency for parents and travelers to refuse vaccines for their children and for themselves. The two vaccines, MMR agains measles, mumps, and rubella, and DTaP against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis are time-tested to be safe and dramatically effective.  In fact, these vaccines are significantly more effective than flu vaccine and induce immunity against contracting diseases that endures far longer than the similarly highly effective CoVid vaccines. So why aren't people vaccinating.  Many have been mislead by lies about all vaccines on social or alternative media, and some have religious objections to v

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6W1G5qLp8W/ Your smartphone may soon have the ability to rapidly determine the level of sugar or other compounds in your blood and in other bodily fluids.  The secret: magnetism and your phone’s built in compass.   Physicists at Colorado’s National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a smart hydrogel with embedded magnetic particles.  The hydrogel is fabricated as a test strip to contract or expanded in response to the levels of glucose in its suspending liquid.  As the hydrogel’s shape changes, its micromagnets trigger shifts in the phones magnetometer which a custom app interprets as levels of glucose.   Very clever and adaptable for rapidly measuring a variety of biological substances without complex laboratory machinery at a very low cost….. Someday soon. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/fascinating-way-measure-glucose-phones-compass-2024a10007ee?ecd=a2a #smartphone #magnetometer #hydrogel #glucose 

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6W0W3XrJl0/ Urologists and pathologists at the University of Michigan have developed a gene-based urine test that detects the most dangerous prostate cancers more effectively than the standard PSA tests.  They identified 18 genes uniquely expressed by high grade prostate cancers and detectable in the urine.  They paired the gene test with clinical data to derive an MPS2 value.  MPS2 stands for MyProstateScore2, and this test is now available in conjunction with LynxDx. This company has worked closely with the Michigan researchers in developing the test for commercialization. Testing 743 men using MPS2 in comparison with PSA showed that the MPS2 determination detected advanced prostate cancers 35% more effectively than PSA.  This would reduce the need for a prostate biopsy after an elevated PSA by 35-42% and the need for a repeat biopsy by 46-51%. This new gene-based urine test should not only detect the most lethal prostate cancers earlier but also reduce unnecessary

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Wzb4srpj8/ The bioactive compounds in red cabbage juice, RCJ, reversed the consequences of colitis in a mouse model.  Researchers at the Universities of Missouri and Nebraska demonstrated that the freshly prepared juices from the red cabbage contain  polyphenols, anthrocyanins, organic acids, and multiple complex sugars. Mouse colitis, induced by dextran sodium sulfate, is remarkably similar to that in humans.  In mice with colitis, the addition of red cabbage juice, reversed the colitis-associated weight loss and shortened survival.  The juice strengthened the bowel lining and triggered the proliferation of beneficial fatty acid-producing bacteria in the microbiome which, in turn, stifled inflammation. Red cabbage juice has long been recommended by nutritionists for those with ulcerative colitis.  This latest research confirms its utility in a controlled study model and helps to explain why it does help this difficult-to-manage disorder. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6WyG78rC4H/ A new look at this issue by French and American researchers is dispelling the age-old hypothesis that women’s menstrual cycles are completely controlled by lunar phase cycles since both are roughly 28 days in length.  After studying more than 3,000 young women from both countries and analyzing 27,000 ovarian cycles, they conclude that the cycle lengths are controlled by the body’s internal circadian rhythms.  These same circadian cycles control other functions such as sleep.   In addition to this internal biological cycle clock, the data analysis did point to a correlation between a woman’s cycle initiation and the phases of the moon.  The first day of a woman’s cycle was significantly correlated with the waxing crescent moon phase for European women and with the full moon for American women.. The bottom line: the length of a woman’s cycle is determined by an internal biologic clock with some fluctuations.  Mysteriously, though, cycle onset does have some

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6WuJDVr3jQ/ Restricting your eating to only 10 hours a day, will not help you lose those pounds compared with wolfing it down during all of your waking hours.  So say Johns Hopkins epidemiologists following their randomized study of 41 middle-aged persons, over 90% women, eating the same number of calories with half doing so over 10 hours and the others over 16-18 hours. At the 12 week weight-in, the 10 hour group lost 5 pounds and the 16-18 hour group lost 5.7 pounds.  That difference was insignificant. While this is a small study, the conclusion is inescapable: your weight loss or gain depends on the calories you consume.  The number of hours over which you consume them is not a factor. https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M23-3132 #dieting #calories #grazing #nighttime

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6WstnzLzVT/ Atrial fibrillation is the nearly functionless wiggling of the heart’s upper chambers rather than purposeful pumping.  One in every four persons with atrial fibrillation, AF for short, is under the age of 65.  That’s surprising, since common wisdom considers AF to be a disease of the elderly.   This from cardiologists at the University of Pittsburgh following their review of 67,221 patients of all ages with AF.  What’s more, younger persons with AF are more likely to die prematurely than those of similar ages without it.  Mortality rates for men with AF are 1.3 to 1.5 times higher, but it’s even worse for younger women.  They are 1.8 to over 3 times more likely to die.  AF triggers not only strokes but also heart attacks and heart failure. If you’re an adult of any age and feel your heart racing, skipping, fluttering, you might have AF.  The same is true if you notice chest pains, shortness of breath, or dizziness.  If you notice any of these symptoms, ta

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C6WrKMpLziz/ A medication in a foam and liquid form that a man or woman applies to the scalp when losing hair has been around for years.  This topical medication contains the drug minoxidil, branded as Rogaine. This topical minoxidil treatment is effective but can be messy, may yield spotty results, and may stop working in time.   Minoxidil can be given by mouth, and, in fact, oral minoxidil was developed as therapy for high blood pressure.  When it was used for hypertension, clinicians began to notice that many were experiencing hair regrowth and that’s how it came to be used for balding men and women. Dermatologists who treat hair loss recently gathered to hash out how to use oral minoxidil at a safe low dose when the foam treatment fails.  Their conclusions were recently presented to the annual scientific meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.   They suggest safe but different dosing regimens for men and for women.  They caution that oral minoxidil should

Vids https://www.instagram.com/p/C57ksWlr4al/ The Food and Drug Administration and Belgian Yummies, SOFRA, and Ria branded ice cream and gelato frozen confections contain a list of undeclared allergens including wheat, soy, egg, coconut, peanuts, FD&C Yellow #5.  Those with allergies to any or all of these could develop serious allergic reactions. All of these products were distributed in Florida via wholesalers.   If you live in this state, be on the lookout for these brands and avoid consuming them if you have any of these allergies.  For more info call the Belgian Yummies company at 239-202-8146 or email them at belgianyummies@gmail.com. https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/belgian-yummies-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-allergens-wheat-soy-egg-coconut-andor-peanuts-and #belgianyummies #icecream #gelato #wheat #oy #egg #coconut #peanut #fdcyellow5 #recall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/C57kDr2r3Mr/ The Food and Drug Administration and Baron Spices Inc are recalling Blues Hog Sweet and Savory Seasoning as this product contains undeclared soy and wheat allergens.   Those with an allergy to soy or wheat or both could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction should they consume this product.   Affected are lot numbers 034-363 and 034-364. This seasoning was sold in Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, and Delaware. Do not use this seasoning product.  Return it to the place of purchase for a refund.  For more information, call Baron Spices at -800-622-2190. https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/baron-spices-inc-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-soy-and-wheat-blues-hog-sweet-savory-seasoning #baronspices #blueshog #soy #wheat #allergy #recall