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Dr. Howard Smith Reports

Howard G. Smith MD, AM

Howard G. Smith MD, AM has been reporting health and wellness news for more than 35 years on radio and via podcasts. Harvard Medical School, MD; Harvard University, AM, Immunology; former Medical Editor, WBZ-AM, Boston. Website: http://www.drhowardsmith.com Email: drhowardsmith.reports@gmail.com

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00:01:39

Paris Hilton Mini Beauty Fridges Turn Ugly

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/22

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO5Vd9ujzyY/These appliances’ electrical switches short circuit leading to overheating, fires, and burns. Affected are 4-liter and 10-liter models with serial numbers PH11887, PH11887-1, PZB02-E001, PH12540, PZP01-E001, and PZW01-E001.About 110,000 fridges were at Walmart, Ross, and online at Walmart.com, Amazon.com, and other e-commerce sites between November 2022 and July 2025.Immediately turn off these recalled mini fridges, unplug them, and register for the

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00:01:10

Bariatric Fusion Iron Multivitamins Lack Child-safe...

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/22

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO5UvQZDTt1/The caps are not child-resistant creating a risk of deadly poisoning if swallowed by young children. Affected are lot numbers 0066J4, 0065J4, 0453B5, or 0370B5.About 4,700 bottles were sold online through Amazon.com, bariatricfusion.com, and other websites between January 2025 and June 2025.Secure these recalled multivitamin bottles out of the sight and reach of children. Contact Blueroot Health at 1-866-259-0602 or via the email

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00:01:15

Five Below Tabletop Fire Pits Splash Alcohol Fuel

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/22

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO5Tq2tDEsg/This fuel can ignite and trigger a flash fire and larger flames that escape the unit and create serious burn and fire hazards. About 66,000 of these fire pits were sold at Five Below stores and online at fivebelow.com between April 2024 and August 2025.Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled tabletop fire pits. Return the product to any Five Below store for a full refund in the original form of payment, cash, or store credit. You can

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00:01:19

IcyBreeze Buddy Portable Misting Fans Flame Out

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/22

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO5SsvVj_oE/ Their rechargeable lithium-ion batteries overheat while charging and ignite creating fire hazards.About 22,600 fans were sold in the US at IcyBreeze.com and at Amazon.com between November 2023 and August 2024.Stop running these recalled fans and go to icybreeze.com/buddy-recall-information for instructions on how to participate in the recall. You will need to submit a form online with a photograph showing the power cord has been cut. After

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00:01:11

Ambiano Cotton Candy Makers Produce Flaming Cotton...

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/22

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO5R-swjWYs/Their heating elements will cause the contained sugar to ignite if used without the included sugar receptacle. Affected is model 836098.About 21,690 of these cotton candy spinners were sold in the US at ALDI retail stores between August 2024 and September 2024.Immediately stop using these recalled cotton candy makers. For a refund, return the intact product to any ALDI store. Alternatively, cut the unplugged power cord, photograph it with the model

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00:01:22

Arizer Solo II Portable Electronic Vaporizers Go Up...

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/22

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO5RJmgjH_o/Their internal lithium-ion batteries overheat, produce smoke, and eject hot material leading to fires and buns. Affected are units with serial numbers beginning in M2.About 5,460 of these vaporizers were sold in the US, and about 2,820 were sold in Canada at specialty, health, wellness, and adult novelty stores, as well as online at arizer.com, from June 2024 through July 2025.Stop using the recalled vaporizers and contact the 7111495 Canada company

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00:01:15

Youbeien Crib Mobiles Contain Easily Accessible...

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/22

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO5QdAaD3VT/The remotes for these mobiles have battery compartments that can be opened without a tool permitting young kids to access the button batteries. Swallowing these batteries can cause serious internal burns that lead to death. Affected is model RT668-17.About 3,000 mobile sets were sold on Amazon between May 2024 and April 2025.Stop using the recalled mobiles and their remotes. For a refund, contact GKKBSJ at gkkbsjtoys@outlook.com. You will be asked to

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00:01:10

EnHomee 13-Drawer Dressers Can Entrap and Kill Your...

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/22

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DO5PXnljh7D/ When loaded, these top-heavy dresser tip over if not anchored to the wall. They fall over and seriously injure children and pets. About 11,200 dressers were sold by Amazon, Walmart, Wayfair, Shein, TikTok, Shopify, and Temu between September 2023 and March 2025.Stop loading and using these dressers if they are not wall-anchored. Move them where children cannot reach them. To receive a refund, contact EnHomee at 1-833-668-8899 or by email at

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00:01:30

Another Group of Anker Power Banks Are Fire Hazards

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/22

https://www.instagram.com/p/DO5OSVUD_iI/Their lithium-ion batteries tend to overheat. This recall affects model numbers A1647, A1652, A1257, A1681, and A1689.About 481,000 of these batteries were sold at Best Buy, Target, and other stores, as well as online at Amazon, AliExpress, eBay, Walmart, and TikTok between August 2023 and June 2025.Stop charging and using these recalled power banks. For a refund, visit Anker’s recall page at anker.com to verify your product serial number and register. If your

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00:02:22

Kissing Bugs Could Kiss Off Your Life

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/18

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOwhvJ2CTKL/The kissing bug is the popular name for the triatomine bug, a blood sucking insect that tends to attach to the faces of sleeping victims. This insect carries the parasite Trypanososma cruzi which causes Chagas’ disease. Normally found predominately in Central and South American as well as Mexico, now this bug and its potentially deadly baggage is spreading across the United States. As of this date, cases of Chagas’ disease have occurred in 8

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00:01:31

Future Treatment For Autism Spectrum Disorders

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/18

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOwgkXgDFge/Stanford neuroscientists have tagged the reticular thalamic nucleus (RT) as a likely trigger for characteristic autistic behaviors in mammals. This neuronal plexus carries signals from the thalmus, the brain’s sensory relay station, to the cerebral cortex, the center for conscious thought, sensory, and motor activity. Using autistic mice, the Cntnap2 knockout line, they observed heightened neural firing and seizure-like electrical activity in the

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00:01:36

Vibrating Human Eggs For IVF

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/18

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOwf2u9FNvx/When a woman’s eggs are harvested from her ovaries in preparation for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), they are covered by so-called cumulus cells. These cells must be removed after IVF and before ICSI in order to obtain viable fertilized eggs for implantation. The traditional method for cumulus removal, CR, involves vortexing using manual pipetting. This process often damages some of the eggs, the

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00:01:40

Allergy Nasal Spray Kills Cold and CoVid Viruses

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/18

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOwe9yfDnI2/Azelastine nasal spray, marketed as Astepro but also available as a generic, can reduce your chances of developing a CoVid infection by a factor of 3 and cut your chances of developing a common cold by a factor of 3.5. German researchers at Saarland University recently published their double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 450 participants in the JAMA Internal Medicine Journal.Half the subjects received azelastine 0.1% nasal spray three times a

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00:01:45

How Long Is Your RSV Immunization Protective?

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/18

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOweKVlCSKY/A single RSV vaccination is protective for vulnerable adults through 2 consecutive RSV seasons. This the conclusion of a multicenter, collaborative study headed by investigators at Vanderbilt University. They studied 6958 persons 60 years or older hospitalized with respiratory illness in 20 states from 2023 into 2025.The vaccine effectiveness for preventing a hospitalization with Respiratory Syncytial Virus was 69% during the first year following

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00:01:58

Acupuncture Helps Low Back Pain

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/18

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOwdSuilDQG/Acupuncture therapy can effectively reduce disability for those with low back pain. That’s the result of a Kaiser Permanente randomized, study of 789 older adults in 3 healthcare systems across the US and recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s Network publication.Two experimental groups received acupuncture: the SA group, standard acupuncture group, received 8-15 acupuncture sessions plus usual medical therapy

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00:01:26

Good Playlist Curbs Motion Sickness

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/18

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOwcerADAD3/If you’re a victim of motion sickness, listening to soft and joyful music will tamp down your nausea and discomfort. This the result of Chinese study just published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.The researchers studied the reactions of 30 subjects in a simulated driving environment noting their subjective reactions and collecting neurophysiologic data. After tabulation, the numbers revealed which tunes suppressed motion sickness.

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00:03:58

Acetaminophen, Tylenol, Is Safe During Pregnancy

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/18

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOwbtF0jPOI/Pregnancy is a blessed event, but it is accompanied by discomfort and, at times, outright pain. The golden rule during these 9 months is to avoid all but absolutely necessary medications. Over the years, the pain and fever medication of choice has been acetaminophen, better known as the brand Tylenol.Now, some government officials are warning that acetaminophen during pregnancy might be linked to the later development of neurodevelopmental disorders

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00:02:20

Moderna Has TWO CoVid Vaccines For 2025-2026

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/18

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOwaN4mDH8S/The new Moderna mRNA CoVid vaccine is named mNEXSPIKE; their original CoVid vaccine was named SPIKEVAX. This second generation mRNA CoVid vaccine yields a stronger and longer-lasting antibody response to the virus. By targeting specific viral spike proteins rather than all proteins contained in the spike itself, the robust antibody response lasts 6 months or longer rather than the usual 4 to 5 month duration.Due to its novelty, mNEXSPIKE has been

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00:07:07

2025-6 CoVid Vaccinations

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/18

Now with the weather cooling, it’s time to buttress your protection against CoVid. This year, for the first time in the 55 years that I have been practicing medicine, the most reliable recommendations are coming from our nation’s family practice, pediatric, internal medicine, obstetric-gynecological, and infectious disease professional societies rather from the CDC and the FDA.These groups have launched unprecedented publicity campaigns to ensure that you and your medical providers have the best

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00:01:14

Blue Bell Moo-llennium Crunch Ice Cream Contains...

Dr. Howard Smith Reports ·

2025/09/08

Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOWvYdKgCLb/This recall involves half-gallon cartons of crunch ice cream mistakenly packaged in Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough containers that fail to mention these ingredients. Consuming these products could pose a serious or life-threatening risk for those with nut allergies. Affected is lot number 061027524.These recalled half-gallons were sold in Alabama, Arkansas, the Florida Panhandle, Northwest Georgia, Southern Indiana, Southern Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky,

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