Dr. Howard Smith Reports

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The FDA and B&G Foods, Inc. have recalled Tone’s Taco Seasoning Blend.  This product contains undeclared wheat.  If ingested by anyone with a wheat allergy, it could induce a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction.  This product has been sold by Sam’s Club stores and online via Samsclub.com.  If you have this product and have a wheat allergy, do not consume it.  Return it to the place of purchase for a refund.  For more information, contact B&G Foods by phone at 1-800.247.5251 or online at tones.com/contact.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/bg-foods-issues-voluntary-allergy-alert-undeclared-wheat-limited-number-cases-tonesr-taco-seasoning

#tones #bgfoods #seasoning #wheat #allergy #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/lCehkqGij6I

The FDA and B&G Foods, Inc. have recalled Tone’s Taco Seasoning Blend.  This product contains undeclared wheat.  If ingested by anyone with a wheat allergy, it could induce a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction.  This product has been sold by Sam’s Club stores and online via Samsclub.com.  If you have this product and have a wheat allergy, do not consume it.  Return it to the place of purchase for a refund.  For more information, contact B&G Foods by phone at 1-800.247.5251 or online at tones.com/contact.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/bg-foods-issues-voluntary-allergy-alert-undeclared-wheat-limited-number-cases-tonesr-taco-seasoning

#tones #bgfoods #seasoning #wheat #allergy #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/8bcg1uH42fM

The CPSC and Luyuan are recalling Luyuan Youth All-Terrain Vehicles.   These ATVs fail to comply with federal safety standards including speed governors and other mechanical features mandatory for vehicles intended to be used by children under 10 years of age.  In fact, these vehicles were intended to be used by kids 6 years and older but marketed on amazon.com to children as young s 12 months of age and on walmart.com to children 5 years and older. About 6800 of these vehicles were sold nationwide at Luyuan dealers nationwide including Tool Store Go-Kart Shop, ATV Distributors, Four Seasons Power Sports, Mefast Wholesale, Toomey Tools, Steward Auto, A&S Auto, Bounce it Off Motorsports, Go-bowen, Powersportsmax, and Smokers Alley 2. The ATVs were also sold online at Amazon.com, Walmart.com, FamilyGoKarts.com, BigToysGreenCountry.com, Bigtoysusa.com and SaferWholesale.com.  If you bought one of these ATVs for your children, immediately stop using it.  Contact Luyuan at 1-855-663-2121 or via email at [email protected] to arrange a free vehicle safety modification.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/Luyuan-Recalls-Youth-All-Terrain-Vehicles-ATVs-Due-to-Crash-Hazard-and-Violation-of-Federal-ATV-Safety-Standard

#luyuan #atvs #safety #crash #death #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/8bcg1uH42fM

The CPSC and Luyuan are recalling Luyuan Youth All-Terrain Vehicles.   These ATVs fail to comply with federal safety standards including speed governors and other mechanical features mandatory for vehicles intended to be used by children under 10 years of age.  In fact, these vehicles were intended to be used by kids 6 years and older but marketed on amazon.com to children as young s 12 months of age and on walmart.com to children 5 years and older. About 6800 of these vehicles were sold nationwide at Luyuan dealers nationwide including Tool Store Go-Kart Shop, ATV Distributors, Four Seasons Power Sports, Mefast Wholesale, Toomey Tools, Steward Auto, A&S Auto, Bounce it Off Motorsports, Go-bowen, Powersportsmax, and Smokers Alley 2. The ATVs were also sold online at Amazon.com, Walmart.com, FamilyGoKarts.com, BigToysGreenCountry.com, Bigtoysusa.com and SaferWholesale.com.  If you bought one of these ATVs for your children, immediately stop using it.  Contact Luyuan at 1-855-663-2121 or via email at [email protected] to arrange a free vehicle safety modification.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/Luyuan-Recalls-Youth-All-Terrain-Vehicles-ATVs-Due-to-Crash-Hazard-and-Violation-of-Federal-ATV-Safety-Standard

#luyuan #atvs #safety #crash #death #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/SzAM8kZeT2Y

Women, younger people, and thinner individuals are the most likely to develop long CoVid.  Researchers at Japan’s National Center for Global Health and Medicine surveyed 457 individuals following their CoVid infections.

Those with CoVid symptoms at 6 months represented 26.3% of the total and at 12 months 8.8%.   The most common persisting symptoms at 6 months were smell loss, fatigue, cough and shortness of breath, and taste loss.  At 12 months, the common persisting symptoms were fatigue, shortness of breath, cough, smell loss, and taste loss.  The common late onset symptoms were memory disturbances, concentration loss, depression, and hair loss.

Compared with men, women were 3 times more likely to have hair loss, twice as likely to suffer chronic fatigue, 1.9 times more likely to have loss of smell, and 1.6 times more likely to lose their sense of taste.  Those younger and lighter patients were at increased risk for smell and taste disorders.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.22.21263998v1

#CoVid #longcovid #fatigue #smell #taste #alopecia

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/SzAM8kZeT2Y

Women, younger people, and thinner individuals are the most likely to develop long CoVid.  Researchers at Japan’s National Center for Global Health and Medicine surveyed 457 individuals following their CoVid infections.

Those with CoVid symptoms at 6 months represented 26.3% of the total and at 12 months 8.8%.   The most common persisting symptoms at 6 months were smell loss, fatigue, cough and shortness of breath, and taste loss.  At 12 months, the common persisting symptoms were fatigue, shortness of breath, cough, smell loss, and taste loss.  The common late onset symptoms were memory disturbances, concentration loss, depression, and hair loss.

Compared with men, women were 3 times more likely to have hair loss, twice as likely to suffer chronic fatigue, 1.9 times more likely to have loss of smell, and 1.6 times more likely to lose their sense of taste.  Those younger and lighter patients were at increased risk for smell and taste disorders.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.09.22.21263998v1

#CoVid #longcovid #fatigue #smell #taste #alopecia

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/b9KtTg2Ktvg

The best place to monitor your blood pressure is at home with your own blood pressure measuring device.  Investigators at Seattle’s Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute studied 510 adults who were under suspicion for hypertension but were as yet undiagnosed.

The results, presented last month at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2021, showed that overall acceptance of and adherence to the monitoring routine was over 90% for those taking their pressures at home.  Compare that with 87% for those returning to the outpatient clinic but only 68% for those taking their own pressures at a self-service kiosk.

Some 50% of Americans suffer from high blood pressure and 33% are unaware of this time bomb within their bodies.  High blood pressure is particularly in younger men and older women.  We should all be taking our blood pressures regularly at home using the readily available home monitoring machines which cost as little as $20 online.  Your insurance plan might actually pay for it.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210928102219.htm

#highbloodpressure #hypertension #home #homemonitor

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/b9KtTg2Ktvg

The best place to monitor your blood pressure is at home with your own blood pressure measuring device.  Investigators at Seattle’s Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute studied 510 adults who were under suspicion for hypertension but were as yet undiagnosed.

The results, presented last month at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2021, showed that overall acceptance of and adherence to the monitoring routine was over 90% for those taking their pressures at home.  Compare that with 87% for those returning to the outpatient clinic but only 68% for those taking their own pressures at a self-service kiosk.

Some 50% of Americans suffer from high blood pressure and 33% are unaware of this time bomb within their bodies.  High blood pressure is particularly in younger men and older women.  We should all be taking our blood pressures regularly at home using the readily available home monitoring machines which cost as little as $20 online.  Your insurance plan might actually pay for it.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210928102219.htm

#highbloodpressure #hypertension #home #homemonitor

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/h_6iJu3pBEk

Between 78 to 92% of  lung cancers in non-smokers may be effectively treated with drugs already approved by the FDA.  Oncologists and geneticists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis compared genetic tumor data from 164 never-smoking lung cancer patients with that from 299 smokers.

The analyses showed that lung cancers occurring in non-smokers were 1.5 to nearly 2 times more likely to be controlled with currently existing and approved medicinals compared with tumors found in the smoking population.  Passive smoke also plays role in non-smoker cancer, since 5.9% of the never-smoked tumor samples had mutation signatures suggesting smoke exposure.

This study shows the importance of obtaining sufficient tumor cell material in biopsies in order to perform complete genomic analyses.

https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.21.01691

#lungcancer #smoking #neversmoking #genome 

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/h_6iJu3pBEk

Between 78 to 92% of  lung cancers in non-smokers may be effectively treated with drugs already approved by the FDA.  Oncologists and geneticists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis compared genetic tumor data from 164 never-smoking lung cancer patients with that from 299 smokers.

The analyses showed that lung cancers occurring in non-smokers were 1.5 to nearly 2 times more likely to be controlled with currently existing and approved medicinals compared with tumors found in the smoking population.  Passive smoke also plays role in non-smoker cancer, since 5.9% of the never-smoked tumor samples had mutation signatures suggesting smoke exposure.

This study shows the importance of obtaining sufficient tumor cell material in biopsies in order to perform complete genomic analyses.

https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.21.01691

#lungcancer #smoking #neversmoking #genome