Dr. Howard Smith Reports

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The CPSC and MTIG Productions are recalling deSensua Wintergreen, Birch and Pain Soother Essential Oils.  These products contain methyl salicylate which must be in child resistant packaging.  About 1000 of these products were sold at amazon.com and deSensua.com.  If you have this item at home, immediately store the product out of reach of children.  Contact MTIG Productions at 800-717-1969 to arrange for a refund.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/mtig-productions-recalls-desensua-wintergreen-birch-and-pain-soother-essential-oils-due

#wintergreen #desensua #packaging #recall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/F409fOyFKBY

The CPSC and MTIG Productions are recalling deSensua Wintergreen, Birch and Pain Soother Essential Oils.  These products contain methyl salicylate which must be in child resistant packaging.  About 1000 of these products were sold at amazon.com and deSensua.com.  If you have this item at home, immediately store the product out of reach of children.  Contact MTIG Productions at 800-717-1969 to arrange for a refund.

https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2021/mtig-productions-recalls-desensua-wintergreen-birch-and-pain-soother-essential-oils-due

#wintergreen #desensua #packaging #recall

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The incidence of childhood peanut allergy is 16% lower currently compared with a decade earlier.  The reason: more babies are eating more peanut products earlier than ever before.

Australian pediatric researchers at the University of Melbourne compared 1,933 12 month old infants recruited in 2018-19 with 5,276 controls studied 10 years earlier.  All children were allergy-tested and their diet analyzed.

The benefit of early exposure to peanut protein is even more dramatic when investigators looked that the current group of infants.  Those who delayed peanut exposures 12 months or more were 46% more likely to become peanut allergic.

If you have an infant, speak with your pediatrician about introducing peanut protein.

https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(20)31772-3/fulltext

#peanut #allergy #pediatrics #parenting

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/JMrO286AIbU

The incidence of childhood peanut allergy is 16% lower currently compared with a decade earlier.  The reason: more babies are eating more peanut products earlier than ever before.

Australian pediatric researchers at the University of Melbourne compared 1,933 12 month old infants recruited in 2018-19 with 5,276 controls studied 10 years earlier.  All children were allergy-tested and their diet analyzed.

The benefit of early exposure to peanut protein is even more dramatic when investigators looked that the current group of infants.  Those who delayed peanut exposures 12 months or more were 46% more likely to become peanut allergic.

If you have an infant, speak with your pediatrician about introducing peanut protein.

https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(20)31772-3/fulltext

#peanut #allergy #pediatrics #parenting

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Brain tissue exposed to explosive shockwaves suffer a 60-80% decline in proteins necessary to maintain working connections and information flow between brain cells.  Neuroscientists at the University of North Carolina collaborated with colleagues at the US Army Research Laboratory to test the effects of select battle shockwave trauma on hippocampal brain tissues kept alive in tissue culture.

The investigators propose that these types of combat blast exposures not only interrupt vital information flow within the brain, but they also lead to degenerative changes characteristic of pre-dementia including pre-Alzheimer’s.  These finding correlate with clinical findings in blast-exposed soldiers who demonstrate confusion, cognitive deficits, and memory loss.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bpa.12936

#explosion #military #ptsd #dementia #alzheimers

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Lt1eA7HmnRM

Brain tissue exposed to explosive shockwaves suffer a 60-80% decline in proteins necessary to maintain working connections and information flow between brain cells.  Neuroscientists at the University of North Carolina collaborated with colleagues at the US Army Research Laboratory to test the effects of select battle shockwave trauma on hippocampal brain tissues kept alive in tissue culture.

The investigators propose that these types of combat blast exposures not only interrupt vital information flow within the brain, but they also lead to degenerative changes characteristic of pre-dementia including pre-Alzheimer’s.  These finding correlate with clinical findings in blast-exposed soldiers who demonstrate confusion, cognitive deficits, and memory loss.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bpa.12936

#explosion #military #ptsd #dementia #alzheimers

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The use of long-acting insulin analogs rather than NPH insulin reduces the risk of life-threatening hypoglycemia by nearly 30% for those in their 70s and older.  Researchers at the FDA report this finding after studying more than one-half million (575,008) diabetics 65 years and older.

Those diabetics using glargine, branded as Lantus, had a 29% lower risk of requiring an emergency hospitalization for hypoglycemia compared to matched controls taking NPH insulin.  The use of detemir, sold as Levemir, reduced the hypoglycemia risk 28%.

If you or a family member are a diabetic age 70 or older, a switch from NPH insulin to Lantus or Levemir appears to be the wise move.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2777049

#diabetes #hypoglycemia #nph #glargine #lantus #detemir

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/25t2xXLcdg4

The use of long-acting insulin analogs rather than NPH insulin reduces the risk of life-threatening hypoglycemia by nearly 30% for those in their 70s and older.  Researchers at the FDA report this finding after studying more than one-half million (575,008) diabetics 65 years and older.

Those diabetics using glargine, branded as Lantus, had a 29% lower risk of requiring an emergency hospitalization for hypoglycemia compared to matched controls taking NPH insulin.  The use of detemir, sold as Levemir, reduced the hypoglycemia risk 28%.

If you or a family member are a diabetic age 70 or older, a switch from NPH insulin to Lantus or Levemir appears to be the wise move.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2777049

#diabetes #hypoglycemia #nph #glargine #lantus #detemir

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/1UU1Y46BM3Q

From the World Health Organization comes the largest meta-analysis confirming that hydroxychlorqine does not prevent clinical CoVid infections.  The researchers aggregated data from 6 trials coppering some 6,059 participants.

The data conclusively showed that hydroxychloroquine had no significant protective effect and did not prevent CoVid infections of any severity.  The numbers also indicated that the drug did not reduce a person’s risk of hospitalization or death.  Use of hydroxchlorquine did increase the frequency of adverse events and undesirable side effects.

Once again, the overwhelming advice from legitimate medical sources warns against use of hydroxchloroquine.

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n526

#CoVid #hydroxychloroquine #prevention #hospitalization

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/1UU1Y46BM3Q

From the World Health Organization comes the largest meta-analysis confirming that hydroxychlorqine does not prevent clinical CoVid infections.  The researchers aggregated data from 6 trials coppering some 6,059 participants.

The data conclusively showed that hydroxychloroquine had no significant protective effect and did not prevent CoVid infections of any severity.  The numbers also indicated that the drug did not reduce a person’s risk of hospitalization or death.  Use of hydroxchlorquine did increase the frequency of adverse events and undesirable side effects.

Once again, the overwhelming advice from legitimate medical sources warns against use of hydroxchloroquine.

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n526

#CoVid #hydroxychloroquine #prevention #hospitalization